# Buggy code
def merge(self, right, **kwargs):
    """
    Merge DataFrame or named Series objects with a database-style join.

    Parameters
    ----------
    right : PandasQueryCompiler
        The query compiler of the right DataFrame to merge with.

    Returns
    -------
    PandasQueryCompiler
        A new query compiler that contains result of the merge.

    Notes
    -----
    See pd.merge or pd.DataFrame.merge for more info on kwargs.
    """
    right = right.to_pandas()

    sort = kwargs.get("sort")
    kwargs["sort"] = not sort if sort else sort

    def map_func(left, right=right, kwargs=kwargs):
        return pandas.merge(left, right, **kwargs)

    new_modin_frame = self._modin_frame._apply_full_axis(1, map_func)
    return self.__constructor__(new_modin_frame)


# Traceback (Exception)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "merge_test.py", line 6, in <module>
df3 = df1.merge(df2, on='name', how='inner')
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/pandas/dataframe.py", line 1540, in merge
return result.reset_index(drop=True) if is_reset_index else result
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/pandas/base.py", line 2301, in reset_index
new_query_compiler = self._query_compiler.reset_index(
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/backends/pandas/query_compiler.py", line 442, in reset_index
new_self = self.copy()
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/backends/pandas/query_compiler.py", line 217, in copy
return self.__constructor__(self._modin_frame.copy())
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/engines/base/frame/data.py", line 532, in copy
return self.__constructor__(
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/engines/base/frame/data.py", line 68, in __init__
ErrorMessage.catch_bugs_and_request_email(
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/error_message.py", line 50, in catch_bugs_and_request_email
raise Exception(
Exception: Internal Error. Please email bug_reports@modin.org with the traceback and command that caused this error.
Column widths: 0 != 23

# Fixed code
def merge(self, right, **kwargs):
    """
    Merge DataFrame or named Series objects with a database-style join.

    Parameters
    ----------
    right : PandasQueryCompiler
        The query compiler of the right DataFrame to merge with.

    Returns
    -------
    PandasQueryCompiler
        A new query compiler that contains result of the merge.

    Notes
    -----
    See pd.merge or pd.DataFrame.merge for more info on kwargs.
    """
    how = kwargs.get("how", "inner")
    on = kwargs.get("on", None)
    left_on = kwargs.get("left_on", None)
    right_on = kwargs.get("right_on", None)
    left_index = kwargs.get("left_index", False)
    right_index = kwargs.get("right_index", False)
    sort = kwargs.get("sort", False)

    if how in ["left", "inner"] and left_index is False and right_index is False:
        right = right.to_pandas()

        kwargs["sort"] = False

        def map_func(left, right=right, kwargs=kwargs):
            return pandas.merge(left, right, **kwargs)

        new_self = self.__constructor__(self._modin_frame._apply_full_axis(1, map_func))
        is_reset_index = True
        if left_on and right_on:
            left_on = left_on if is_list_like(left_on) else [left_on]
            right_on = right_on if is_list_like(right_on) else [right_on]
            is_reset_index = (
                False
                if any(o in new_self.index.names for o in left_on)
                and any(o in right.index.names for o in right_on)
                else True
            )
            if sort:
                new_self = (
                    new_self.sort_rows_by_column_values(left_on.append(right_on))
                    if is_reset_index
                    else new_self.sort_index(axis=0, level=left_on.append(right_on))
                )
        if on:
            on = on if is_list_like(on) else [on]
            is_reset_index = not any(
                o in new_self.index.names and o in right.index.names for o in on
            )
            if sort:
                new_self = (
                    new_self.sort_rows_by_column_values(on)
                    if is_reset_index
                    else new_self.sort_index(axis=0, level=on)
                )
        return new_self.reset_index(drop=True) if is_reset_index else new_self
    else:
        return self.default_to_pandas(pandas.DataFrame.merge, right, **kwargs)