I even can not drop local changes: $ git checkout local.conf error: pathspec 'local.conf' did not match any file(s) known to git. $ git log local.conf commit 6df8bab88fd703c6859954adc51b2abaad8f59ec Author: Eugen Konkov <kes-kes@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed May 9 15:31:02 2018 +0300 Implement module which allow override target option Most usefull to configure application on developer host 09.05.2018, 16:25, "KES" <kes-kes@xxxxxxxxx>: > How to reproduce: > > $ git update-index --skip-worktree conf/local.conf > $ git pull > Updating 0cd50c7..bde58f8 > error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: > conf/local.conf > Please commit your changes or stash them before you merge. > Aborting > $ git stash save > No local changes to save