Git refusing to merge unrelated histories. What is 'unrelated histories'?

Question

In my local, I made new text file -> git add newfile.txt -> commit -> pull origin master -> ERROR!

"refusing to merge unrelated histories".

What is unrelated histories? , what is related histories?

Answer 1

I think you have commit in remote repository and when you pull this error happen.

use this command

git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories
git merge origin origin/master