Is there a way to shift a large region?

re-posting reply I received via email from @Lakshyajeet....

" I used JOSM. The area I was working on was larger than Josm could download, so I manually downloaded the area's .pbf from OSM directly and imported it, and made my changes.

But every time I click upload it has a conflict (with my own data on osm) and when I try to resolve it and upload again, it still conflicts. "

Hi Lakshyajeet,
that's a pity.

I have not tried downloading pbf's, editing and uploading so can't offer advice in that regard, but it may be causing false conflicts. I suggest to download directly from Josm for this.

I suggest downloading smaller more manageable areas via JOSM and working and uploading smaller areas might help with the conflicts too.
If using inview you may prefer to unselect some nodes... control+left_mouse works for me on a mac

Conflicts happen when someone has altered the data since you last edited, so you may find that just accepting 'their version' each time may help. I find resolving conflicts quite difficult to solve.

Another option for downloading the whole area is to zoom in until Josm is happy with a smaller area you are downloading and then shift around and downloading the next section until you have downloaded the whole area you need, within reason. i.e. 6 smaller pieces that Josm is ok with to complete your area seems reasonable to me, occasionally as needed.