To force git pull
to overwrite local files, you can use the git fetch
command with the --all
and --prune
options, followed by the git reset
command with the --hard
option.
The git fetch
command downloads new commits and data from the remote repository and stores them in the local repository. The --all
option fetches all branches, and the --prune
option removes any local branches that have been deleted on the remote repository.
git fetch --all --prune
The git reset
command resets the current branch to a previous commit, discarding any commits that are not in the upstream branch. The --hard
option discards any changes made to the working directory, forcing the working directory to match the commit.
git reset --hard origin/branch-name
This will force git pull
to overwrite local files by downloading the latest commits and data from the remote repository and discarding any local changes.
It’s important to note that the git reset
command is a destructive operation and it cannot be undone. The changes that are discarded are not deleted permanently, but they are removed from the branch’s history and are not visible in the branch anymore.
If you want to preserve the local changes and merge them with the upstream changes, you can use the git stash
command to temporarily save the local changes, followed by the git pull
command, and then the git stash apply
command to reapply the local changes.
git stash
git pull
git stash apply
This will preserve the local changes and merge them with the upstream changes.