It seems that the SO answer doesn't understand that there is a `git pull --rebase` option. It attempts to rebase local commits on top of what was fetched, and b

It seems that the SO answer doesn't understand that there is a `git pull --rebase` option. It attempts to rebase local commits on top of what was fetched, and by default shows merge issues if the conflicts could not be resolved automatically. It is my default for my workflow, but I will use different merge strategy when necessary (which is almost never).