DevOps Interview DropIntermediate TierScenario+25 XP on read

Two engineers changed the same Terraform file and Git reports a conflict. How do you resolve it?

Core Summary

Resolve the text conflict, then prove the result is actually correct with terraform validate and a plan. A clean Git merge only means the file parses in a human's head, it says nothing about whether the merged config destroys a database.

Hints

Hint 1: Understand intent before editing the conflict markers

Hint 2: A clean merge is not a safe merge for infrastructure

Hint 3: The plan output is the real review

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