You could follow a solution similar to “How do I force “git pull” to overwrite local files?”: git fetch –all git reset –hard origin/abranch git checkout abranch That would involve only one fetch. With Git 2.23+, git checkout is replaced here with git switch (presented here) (still experimental). git switch -f $branch (with -f being … Read more
You can always check out any given state by using a commit hash. For instance, by looking at the log, you identified that 233ab4ef was the state you were interested in: issue a git checkout 233ab4ef to check out that state. Another way to achieve this is by using git checkout @{14.days.ago}
Assuming the hash of the commit you want is c5f567: git checkout c5f567 — file1/to/restore file2/to/restore The git checkout man page gives more information. If you want to revert to the commit before c5f567, append ~1 (where 1 is the number of commits you want to go back, it can be anything): git checkout c5f567~1 … Read more
You can simply copy the repository to a new location (either by literally copying the directory, or using git clone –shared) and check out one branch per location. You can also use git-worktree for creating multiple working directories from a single instance of a repository. Otherwise, the primary means for comparing files between branches prior … Read more
You can use git checkout -p to see each hunk individually and decide whether to check them out or leave them as is (and that takes an optional path argument as well if you’d like to narrow it down further).
Try git checkout -f master. -f or –force Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the working tree differs from HEAD. This is used to throw away local changes. When checking out paths from the index, do not fail upon unmerged entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
You can stash (save the changes in temporary place) then, back to master branch HEAD. $ git add . $ git stash $ git checkout master Note that some sites have changed the name of the default branch from “master” to “main” so you might have to use git checkout main instead. Jump Over Commits … Read more
As you noted, HEAD is a label noting where you are in the commit tree. It moves with you when you move from one commit to another. git checkout <commit> is the basic mechanism for moving around in the commit tree, moving your focus (HEAD) to the specified commit. The commit can be specified by … Read more
Yes, you can do this. git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/otherbranch If you need to commit on this branch, you’ll want to reset the index too otherwise you’ll end up committing something based on the last checked out branch. git reset
Edit: For newer versions of Git, –set-upstream master has been deprecated, you should use –set-upstream-to instead: git branch –set-upstream-to=origin/master master As it prompted, you can just run: git branch –set-upstream master origin/master After that, you can simply run git pull to update your code.