Git, how to ignore my current changes and pull from remote (as fresh clone of remote)

Question

I have git-setup with a remote 'origin' repository, and local repositories on my work desktop and laptop.

Now I did some work on my laptop last night, and pushed it to the remote.

Now I want to ignore / overwrite the changes I made on my desktop, and pull the remote 'origin' down as fresh copy - like when you first clone a repository.

I had a feeling someone would have asked the same thing, but didn't find it in my search. — wobbily_col, Mar 27 '14 at 10:03
Yes, that's exactly what I was looking for Charles, thanks. How do I close the question now, or accept the answer from the other question? — wobbily_col, Mar 27 '14 at 10:05
You can't accept the answer of other question, because it's already accepted, but you can upvote it (both question and answer). Your question will get closed when 3 more people will vote for closing — CharlesB, Mar 27 '14 at 10:37

Sedrik · Answer 1 · 2014-03-27T10:26:15.923

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The following command will reset your current working directory to the last commit. Be warned though as it will remove all your local changes.

git checkout -- .
git pull

I can really recommend reading the pro git book as it covers all the basics of git really well.

http://git-scm.com/book

edited Mar 27 '14 at 10:26

answered Mar 27 '14 at 09:55

Sedrik

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This won't pull from the remote, as requested in the question – CharlesB Mar 27 '14 at 09:57
It is still complaining about files that need merged. Something (my IDE?) has created a __pycache__ folder and it is the files in there that "need merged". – wobbily_col Mar 27 '14 at 09:59
That sounds more like you are inside of a merge. What does the output of git status give you? – Sedrik Mar 27 '14 at 10:25
Added a git pull statement after the checkout to do the requested pull. – Sedrik Mar 27 '14 at 10:26

Git, how to ignore my current changes and pull from remote (as fresh clone of remote)

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