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## Title

    [Django migrations] 'Conflicting migrations detected; multiple leaf nodes in the migration graph' after merging branches — run makemigrations --merge

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): The app's migration graph has two leaf nodes; Django refuses to pick an order.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - To fix them run 'python manage.py makemigrations --merge'
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/django/django/main/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): migrate raises 'Conflicting migrations detected; multiple leaf nodes in the migration graph: (...). To fix them run 'python manage.py makemigrations --merge''.
    
    Search phrasings: django conflicting migrations multiple leaf nodes; django makemigrations --merge after git merge
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "migrate aborts listing two migration names in the same app.",
      "context": "Product: Django\nComponent: makemigrations / migrate conflict detection\nOperation: python manage.py migrate after git merge of two branches each adding a migration to the same app\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nPackages: django unknown\nTrigger: Two migrations share the same parent in one app after a merge.",
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