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vaindil
vaindil

Reputation: 7864

Clear local git repo, start completely fresh from remote

I sometimes screw up my local git repo so badly that I need to just wipe it out and start again from the latest commit on remote. Is there a correct way to do this with git, or should I just delete the local repo and pull again? I tried the answer to this post, but my local repo was still detached from HEAD.

Here's one example to prevent anyone from asking why I want to do this instead of fixing my mistake. I somehow ended up with a detached HEAD, and other SO posts indicate it's a PITA to fix. My latest commit on remote is fine, I've only changed one file, so I saved my changes and just want to start fresh instead of trying to fix the detached HEAD.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1986

Answers (1)

mkrufky
mkrufky

Reputation: 3398

Assuming that by "the latest commit on remote" you mean on origin/master, you can easily reset to that state with the following command:

git reset --hard origin/master

Or you can simply reset all local changes since the last local commit by doing:

git reset --hard

Additionally, you may want to experiment with the git clean command to clear away any untracked local files. git clean won't undo your changes, you need git reset --hard for that.

Upvotes: 1

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