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Git error: 'fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories'

Oct 23, 2022 · 1 min read · Post a comment

Rebasing, pulling, merging and what not could lead to the following Git error: fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories. Here’s the solution.

Prerequisites

  • Git

Solution

In most of the cases run the following commands:

git fetch --prune
git pull origin main --allow-unrelated-histories

In case of merging two or multiple Git repos:

git merge app2/main --allow-unrelated-histories

Conclusion

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