Overwrite the master branch with the remote branch master

Question

I've made modifications on my master branch, but I would like to pull the remote master branch and delete the content on my current master branch (overwrite). Could anyone be able to tell me how to do it?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

git reset --hard HEAD       # DESTRUCTIVE. Deletes all uncommitted changes.
git checkout origin/master  # will print a warning 'detached head'.
git branch -D master        # 'kinda' destructive for locally committed changes
git checkout -b master      # recreates a local master branch
git branch --track origin/master  # restores tracking from 'origin' remote

Answer 2

Just do a pull, which is fetch + merge:

git pull origin master

Merging the remote origin's master branch into the current local branch.

For rebase-ing (instead of merge-ing), use --rebase:

git pull --rebase origin master