Github - Discard all changes

Question

I have an old fork in github which is left behind master on https://github.com/apache/jmeter

This branch is 15740 commits ahead

How do I discard all my changes?

I tried also to pull using GitHub Desktop, but it doesn't make any difference

Also it seems that I can only rebase using my forked project and not the origin github project

EDIT

Tried using answers and failed

git remote add upstream https://github.com/apache/jmeter.git

git fetch upstream

git checkout master

return error:

error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git.

if I continue ignoring the error then push origin master --force returns error:

src refspec master does not match any.

overcome command line error using different answer in using

git checkout -t -b master

But then last push failed

[remote rejected]       master -> master (permission denied) error: failed to push some refs

Try `git reset --hard original/master`? Where original is the remote for the forked project. — TheChubbyPanda, Apr 11 '21 at 13:05
Does this answer your question? [Clean up a fork and restart it from the upstream](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9646167/clean-up-a-fork-and-restart-it-from-the-upstream) — flaxel, Apr 11 '21 at 13:05
@semisecure I executed `git reset origin/master --hard` but in github I still see changes — Ori Marko, Apr 11 '21 at 13:07
Did you execute the push command: `git push origin master --force ` — flaxel, Apr 11 '21 at 13:08
If you follow the instructions in the post above, you will reset your changes and update your fork. — flaxel, Apr 11 '21 at 13:10
@flaxel `git checkout master` return error: `error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git.` and then `push origin master --force` returns `error: src refspec master does not match any.` — Ori Marko, Apr 11 '21 at 13:12
Your default branch will probably be `main` instead of `master`. — flaxel, Apr 11 '21 at 13:13
@flaxel same for `main`, I'm forking `https://github.com/apache/jmeter` — Ori Marko, Apr 11 '21 at 13:14
Hmmm... If you don't need your local changes any more anyway, you can delete your fork and create a new one, right? — flaxel, Apr 11 '21 at 13:32
You can go to your repo > Settings > Delete this repository. — flaxel, Apr 11 '21 at 13:34
@flaxel I don't have delete option in Settings , can you add answer with screenshot ? — Ori Marko, Apr 11 '21 at 13:35

flaxel · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-11T13:43:26.090

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If the solution from the post doesn't work and you don't need the changes anymore, you can also delete your repository. To do this, go to the Settings tab in your repository. You will find the button Delete this repository at the bottom:

A new fork can then be created.

edited Apr 11 '21 at 13:43

answered Apr 11 '21 at 13:37

flaxel

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Are you using GitHub Desktop? I don't see delete option – Ori Marko Apr 11 '21 at 13:43
I am directly on github.com. Did it work for you? – flaxel Apr 11 '21 at 13:43
Upvoted, but I hope there is a better way to simply rebase from master without getting into this danger zone ( removing all my previous project changes) – Ori Marko Apr 11 '21 at 13:48
Yes definitely. :D It's funny, but it's nice that you were able to solve the problem first. I will take a look at the evening if I find the mistake. – flaxel Apr 11 '21 at 13:49
overcome command line error using answer in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5989592/git-cannot-checkout-branch-error-pathspec-did-not-match-any-files-kn using `git checkout -t -b master` , but then last push failed `[remote rejected] master -> master (permission denied) error: failed to push some refs` – Ori Marko Apr 11 '21 at 14:50
Have you configured your branch from the fork as a protected branch? Is that the complete error? What do you get as output for the command: `git remote -v`? – flaxel Apr 11 '21 at 17:41

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