From fbb8680376c06070a59ba4c5777453c152a51414 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Wanstrath <chris@ozmm.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:41:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Guard against empty stdout when resolving merge conflicts

Claude can exit 0 but produce no output, leaving the file blank.
---
 src/commands/helpers.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/helpers.ts b/src/commands/helpers.ts
index 8c92ef5..d29bdf0 100644
--- a/src/commands/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/commands/helpers.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export async function resolveConflicts(
       "resolve this merge conflict. output ONLY the resolved file content with no markdown fences, no explanation, no surrounding text.",
     )
 
-    if (resolved.exitCode !== 0) {
+    if (resolved.exitCode !== 0 || !resolved.stdout.trim()) {
       const stderr = resolved.stderr.trim()
       throw new Error(`Claude failed to resolve ${file}: ${stderr || "(no output)"}`)
     }