---
title: "How to Keep Branches Up-to-Date and Resolve Merge Conflicts in GitHub and VS Code"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-keep-branches-up-to-date-and-resolve-merge-conflicts-in-github-and-vs-code-lu4ciuzhm
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/keep-branches-up-to-date-resolve-merge-conflicts/
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
author: "Ayu Adiati"
published: 2023-11-23T04:17:55.380Z
updated: 2023-11-24T01:00:07.732Z
tags: ["github", "vscode", "version-control"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 14
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How to Keep Branches Up-to-Date and Resolve Merge Conflicts in GitHub and VS Code

**[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@ayuadiati](https://daily.dev/ayuadiati) · 6 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to keep your branches up to date and resolve merge conflicts in GitHub and VS Code. Understand the importance of updating branches and how to resolve conflicts both on GitHub and in VS Code.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/keep-branches-up-to-date-resolve-merge-conflicts/>

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