{"id":6251,"date":"2018-07-11T07:56:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T07:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2023-12-30T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T17:27:37","slug":"2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Forcefully pull \/ Overwrite Local Files in Git?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

In our other tutorial, we saw how to use the command for git push with force option<\/a> if a simple push command<\/a> is generating errors or warnings. For example:<\/p>\n

$ git push origin master --force<\/pre>\n
What if you require Git to pull the remote files\/updates and Git is generating a conflict error or warning and you want to do it in any way?<\/div>\n
This tutorial lists two ways of doing Git pull force as described below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
First way: Using the fetch and reset commands<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Generally, if there is no conflict then the simple pull command works:<\/p>\n
$ git pull origin master<\/div>\n
Where you may use any repository name instead of origin and any other branch name instead of master<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
The issues come when this command returns a conflict error message and does not complete the pull request.<\/div>\n
For example, the remote repository contains a file \u201ctst1.txt<\/em>\u201d. The content of this file (for our demo) is:<\/p>\n
\u201cSome content for the demo purpose\u201d<\/div>\n
The same file exists in our local repo i.e. tst1.txt<\/em> with this content:<\/p>\n
\u201cHello, this is pull test\u201d<\/div>\n
Suppose, you have added this file in the master branch:<\/p>\n
$ git add tst1.txt<\/div>\n
And also committed:<\/p>\n
$ commit -m \u201ctst1.txt file added\u201d<\/div>\n
Now, if you run this command:<\/p>\n
$ git pull origin master<\/div>\n
Then, Git will return an error message of conflict like this:<\/p>\n
\"Git<\/p>\n
This is because the content of two files differs while the file names are the same.<\/p>\n
Consider the text files as your routine code files and things happen while different programmers are using this.<\/p>\n
Now, if you want to overwrite the content of the local file with the remote repository\u2019s file, this is how you may do this.<\/p>\n
Running the fetch command<\/strong><\/p>\n
$ git fetch --all<\/pre>\n
The fetch command downloads all registered remotes and their branches. So rather than downloading all remotes and branches, you may download the specific branch. For example, if your target branch is master then execute this command:<\/div>\n
$ git fetch origin master<\/div>\n
At this stage, if you look at the text file\u2019s (tst1.txt) content it should show something like this:<\/p>\n
<<<<<<< HEAD\r\n\r\nHello, this is pull test\r\n\r\n=======\r\n\r\nSome content for the demo purpose\r\n\r\n>>>>>>> 628cb6aea41a1319ce86202d6b31714e26bf95c1<\/pre>\n
Run this command for overwriting the local file\u2019s content by remote file:<\/p>\n
$ git reset --hard origin\/master<\/pre>\n
This should output the following message:<\/p>\n
HEAD is now at 628cb6a Create tst1.txt\r\n\r\nThe 62**** code should vary if you try this in your system.<\/pre>\n
If you look at the tst1.txt file content again, it should only show the remote file\u2019s content i.e.<\/p>\n
“Some content for the demo purpose”<\/div>\n
In that way, you have overwritten the content of the local file(s) by remote files.<\/p>\n
Second way \u2013 using the reset \/ pull commands<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The reset command is used to set the current HEAD<\/strong> to the specified state.<\/div>\n
So, you may set the HEAD to the initial state and remove all commits. Alternatively, just keep the .git<\/strong> directory in your local repo by this command:<\/p>\n
$ git reset –hard HEAD~3<\/div>\n
Where 3 represents the commit number where you want to revert. Depending on your repo, specify the number.<\/p>\n
Now run the pull command:<\/p>\n
$ git pull origin master<\/div>\n
Your set repository should be updated by the remote repo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The pull command with force option is not available like the push with -flag. However, you may do it by other ways. This tutorial explains two ways of “git push” force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n2 Tricks of Git pull force to Overwrite Local Files<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The pull command with force option is not available like the push with -flag. However, you may do it by other ways. This tutorial explains two ways of "git push" force\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2 Tricks of Git pull force to Overwrite Local Files\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The pull command with force option is not available like the push with -flag. However, you may do it by other ways. This tutorial explains two ways of "git push" force\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-11T07:56:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-30T17:27:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/8.0_1-Git-pull-conflict.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"484\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jqueryaz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jqueryaz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/\",\"name\":\"2 Tricks of Git pull force to Overwrite Local Files\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-11T07:56:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-30T17:27:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c3f75f86b1c65bf0b93fc46f629fcad3\"},\"description\":\"The pull command with force option is not available like the push with -flag. However, you may do it by other ways. This tutorial explains two ways of \\\"git push\\\" force\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Forcefully pull \/ Overwrite Local Files in Git?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"PHP, Bootstrap, jQuery, CSS, Python, Java and others\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c3f75f86b1c65bf0b93fc46f629fcad3\",\"name\":\"jqueryaz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2a3743b4da71bd52984e02bd5c3280c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2a3743b4da71bd52984e02bd5c3280c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"jqueryaz\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2 Tricks of Git pull force to Overwrite Local Files","description":"The pull command with force option is not available like the push with -flag. However, you may do it by other ways. This tutorial explains two ways of \"git push\" force","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2 Tricks of Git pull force to Overwrite Local Files","og_description":"The pull command with force option is not available like the push with -flag. However, you may do it by other ways. This tutorial explains two ways of \"git push\" force","og_url":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/","article_published_time":"2018-07-11T07:56:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-30T17:27:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":484,"height":186,"url":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/8.0_1-Git-pull-conflict.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"jqueryaz","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jqueryaz","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/","url":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/","name":"2 Tricks of Git pull force to Overwrite Local Files","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-07-11T07:56:58+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-30T17:27:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c3f75f86b1c65bf0b93fc46f629fcad3"},"description":"The pull command with force option is not available like the push with -flag. However, you may do it by other ways. This tutorial explains two ways of \"git push\" force","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/2-tricks-git-pull-force-overwriting-local-files\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Forcefully pull \/ Overwrite Local Files in Git?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/","name":"","description":"PHP, Bootstrap, jQuery, CSS, Python, Java and others","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c3f75f86b1c65bf0b93fc46f629fcad3","name":"jqueryaz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2a3743b4da71bd52984e02bd5c3280c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2a3743b4da71bd52984e02bd5c3280c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jqueryaz"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12271,"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6251\/revisions\/12271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}