<blockquote> <p><strong>“Please resolve conflicts before I resolve you.”</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Species:</strong> Spectral octopus of unresolved merges<br /> <strong>Function:</strong> Appears during persistent versioning collapse. Lives in abandoned repos, multiplies via accidental forks. Eight limbs, all blocked by different PRs. </p> <p><strong>Known Traits:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Drips stale coffee onto <code>main</code></li> <li>Can only communicate through conflicting <code>.diff</code> files</li> <li>Feeds on unresolved changelogs</li> </ul> <p><strong>Last Known Good State:</strong><br /> Seen gliding through a deprecated GitLab instance in 2023. Left behind six detached HEADs and a sad README.</p> <p>🧾 Git ancestry lost to recursive rebases. Assigned to Syncus Repolectus.</p>