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Force Git to overwrite local files on pull

Last updated on August 5, 2015

git fetch downloads the latest from remote without trying to merge or rebase anything.

Then the git reset resets the master branch to what you just fetched. The –hard option changes all the files in your working tree to match the files in origin/master

remote – origin

branch – master

git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/master

If you have any local changes, they will be lost. With or without –hard option, any local commits that haven’t been pushed will be lost.[*]

If you have any files that are not tracked by Git (e.g. uploaded user content), these files will not be affected.

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