How to conclude your merge of a file?

Solution 1:

Check status (git status) of your repository. Every unmerged file (after you resolve conficts by yourself) should be added (git add), and if there is no unmerged file you should git commit

Solution 2:

Note and update:

Since Git1.7.4 (January 2011), you have git merge --abort, synonymous to "git reset --merge" when a merge is in progress.

But if you want to complete the merge, while somehow nothing remains to be added, then a crude rm -rf .git/MERGE* can be enough for Git to forget about the current merge.