Git resets local branch to branch in remote repository
This article will show how to reset a local branch in a local repository to resemble a branch on a remote repository in git. Alternatively, we can discard any untracked changes in the local repository.
Often, we have a local branch with some changes that are no longer needed or are outdated. Additionally, we need to fetch changes from a remote repository.
It usually happens when we work in a collaborative environment; together with some other team members we make some changes (fix, feature development, etc.) and push them to a remote branch (for example master).
Therefore, we need to reset the local branch in the local repository and synchronize it with the branch in the remote repository.
We will now illustrate this with an example.
Use git resetto reset the local branch to the branch in the remote repository to 1
We usually have a local branch ie. masterused to track the remote branch with the same name in the remote repository.
Now we will mastermake a switch to the local branch i.e. , if we are not already in it. Also, git checkoutremove the untracked files.
$ git checkout master
We will run the following command to reset the local branch i.e. masterto the remote repository.
$ git fetch origin
$ git reset --hard origin/master
The first command get fetch, origindownloads objects and references from ; originis an alias that git creates for the remote URL of the remote repository.
The second command get resetresets the current HEADto the one on the remote branch. Note that this will delete all local changes.
All the changes/commits we made in the remote branch of the remote repository are present in the local branch of the local repository.
Alternatively, we can also clean up the untracked changes by executing the following command.
$ git clean -xdf
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