Re: git pull (Your local changes to ... would be overwritten by merge)

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Daniel Blendea venit, vidit, dixit 17.06.2010 11:35:
> Hello,
> 
> A while ago I have cloned on my computer a git repo.
> Since then, the developers have modified several files in the repo.
> Now I want to update my copy with the latest changes.
> 
> I do 'git pull' but I get 'Your local changes to .... would be
> overwritten by merge.  Aborting.'
> I didn't modified any local file. I tried using 'git stash save' but no luck.
> 
> How can I make git update and override my local copy?
> With all the fuss about it, I thought I will handle this operation
> pretty easily.

If you are sure you have no own modifications which you would miss:

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

Fetch is pull without trying to merge or rebase anything.
the send line resets your master branch to what you just fetched.

Most likely the remote side did a non-forward push and brought you in
that situation.

[Which, on a side note, is one reason why I still believe that git
should not create any local branch for a clone. git fetch && git
checkout origin/master does not suffer from this issue.]

Michael

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