Yarn Lock Conflict Resolution

Yarn.lock Conflict Resolution

When To Use

Use this skill when:

• yarn.lock has merge/rebase conflicts;
• conflict resolution should be repeatable and low-risk;
• the same conflict appears in multiple rounds of one rebase/merge sequence.

Source Of Truth Policy

• Rebase: take yarn.lock from the branch you rebase onto.
• Merge: take yarn.lock from HEAD (current target branch).
• After taking baseline, run yarn install to reconcile lock metadata with current manifests.

Required Rules

• Do not manually resolve conflict markers inside yarn.lock.
• Replace yarn.lock completely from the selected baseline.
• Reuse previous successful resolution for repeated rounds in the same sequence.
• If dependency updates were intentional in the rebased commit, replay dependency commands after conflict resolution.

Workflow

1. Ensure conflict exists:

git status --short

2. (Optional) Ensure Yarn config exists:

make .yarnrc.yml

3. Resolve first conflict round for rebase:

ONTO=$(cat .git/rebase-merge/onto 2>/dev/null || cat .git/rebase-apply/onto)
git show "$ONTO:yarn.lock" > yarn.lock
yarn install
git add yarn.lock
cp yarn.lock .git/yarn-lock-resolution-base

4. Resolve first conflict round for merge:

git show "HEAD:yarn.lock" > yarn.lock
yarn install
git add yarn.lock
cp yarn.lock .git/yarn-lock-resolution-base

5. Resolve repeated rounds in the same sequence:

cp .git/yarn-lock-resolution-base yarn.lock
yarn install
git add yarn.lock
cp yarn.lock .git/yarn-lock-resolution-base

6. Continue operation:

git rebase --continue
# or
git merge --continue

7. Cleanup after finish:

rm -f .git/yarn-lock-resolution-base

8. If dependency updates must be replayed, run original dependency command and commit lockfile update with an English Conventional Commit message, for example:

yarn up <packages>
git add yarn.lock
git commit -m "chore: refresh yarn.lock"

Validation

• git status --short has no unresolved conflicts for yarn.lock.
• yarn.lock is staged before --continue.
• Resolution follows source-of-truth policy above.

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