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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