On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I scp'd a file to another machine for testing. The change tested OK, >> so I checked it in on the original machine. >> ... >> How do I force the pull to succeed? > > Git doesn't know (or care) if you "scp"ed a file from a known to be > good place, or if you modified it in the editor. When it notices > that there are differences you may rather not to lose in these files > (because they are different from HEAD), it refrains from touching > them. > > So the way to go forward is for you to make sure that you do not > have such local changes in the repository that your "pull" is trying > to touch. An easiest way would be to do > > git checkout HEAD -- <paths>.. Thanks. That's an extra command. Is there any way to roll it up into one command? > before doing a "git pull" to clear the damage you caused manually > with your "scp". There's no damage. Its expected. Jeff