yes, those files were committed already but that's not the issue. Once again, here's what I want to do. Everyday, I want to synchronize my local working directory with the server so that I have the latest before I start working. What's the simplest way to do it using git? -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/unable-to-retrieve-new-files-from-the-server-tp5521801p5522133.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html