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This solution does not work when you have a protected branch because those branches do not allow to do --force to overwrite history.

Robin Bastiaan
– Robin Bastiaan

2021-06-10 12:33:40 +00:00
Commented Jun 10, 2021 at 12:33
@RobinBastiaan Then you're stuck with the complicated solution. See other answers to this question.

Kellen Stuart
– Kellen Stuart

2021-06-15 18:17:52 +00:00
Commented Jun 15, 2021 at 18:17
Can I use this to bring a branch completely into line with 'master' itself?

JamesBB
– JamesBB

2022-03-07 15:13:43 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2022 at 15:13
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@JamesBB Yes, git reset origin/master --hard will make the branch exactly the same as remote master.

Kellen Stuart
– Kellen Stuart

2022-03-07 17:59:23 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2022 at 17:59

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