Git: How do I force “git pull” to overwrite local files?

⚠ Important: 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. First, run a fetch to update all origin/<branch> refs to latest: Backup your … Read more

How can I switch to another branch in git?

If another_branch already exists locally and you are not on this branch, then git checkout another_branch switches to the branch. If another_branch does not exist but origin/another_branch does, then git checkout another_branch is equivalent to git checkout -b another_branch origin/another_branch; git branch -u origin/another_branch. That’s to create another_branch from origin/another_branch and set origin/another_branch as the … Read more

Differences between git pull origin master & git pull origin/master

git pull origin master will pull changes from the origin remote, master branch and merge them to the local checked-out branch. git pull origin/master will pull changes from the locally stored branch origin/master and merge that to the local checked-out branch. The origin/master branch is essentially a “cached copy” of what was last pulled from origin, which is why it’s called a remote branch in git … Read more

Git: How do I force “git pull” to overwrite local files?

⚠ Important: 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. First, run a fetch to update all origin/<branch> refs to latest: Backup your … Read more