How to force git pull to overwrite local files

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Hi Guys,

I have some files in the local Git as well as Github. One of my team members updated something on Github. Now I want to pull all the files to the local server. But how can I overwrite the previous data with new data?

Sep 4, 2020 in Git & GitHub by akhtar
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Hi@akhtar,

First, you need to download the latest from remote without trying to merge or rebase anything using the below-given command.

$ git fetch --all

Then use the git reset command to reset the master branch to what you just fetched. But in this command, you need to use --hard option to change all the files in your working tree to match the files in origin/master.

$ git reset --hard origin/master
answered Sep 4, 2020 by MD
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