create a feature merge to a certain branch called intt but it does not show different files

[Akira Chen]

I created a feature(based on master) and merged it to a certain branch called intt but SourceTree does not show different files at the bottom. I make sure that the branch intt and feature I created have different files. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

[Martin Runge]

Hi @Akira Chen

Welcome to the Atlassian community!

The bottom panel in Sourcetree displays only uncommitted working copy changes. If your merge completed smoothly, Git has already committed it, leaving that panel empty by design. This is normal and not an issue.

To see the files the merge brought in, I would click the merge commit itself in the graph. The changed files then show in the list on the right.

Two things to check if it still looks empty:

• Sourcetree diffs a merge commit against its first parent by default, so it can look like nothing changed. Click each parent to compare.
• If intt had no new commits, Git does a fast forward and creates no merge commit at all. Force a real one with Create a commit even if merge resolved via fast-forward in the merge dialog, or run git merge --no-ff feature-branch.

To confirm what happened, you could run git log --oneline --graph and git diff intt~1 intt in a terminal.

Cheers, Martin