git > discard local changes (no return!) with reset — hard

The concern is documenting removing all the changes done in the working area of the git repo. Beware: this is about resetting uncommitted changes, there no return — you just burn it for good. So be sure you know what you’re doing.

1. condition: no commit no reset

• you can reset changes to what has been committed
• so you can reset modification or removal
• if you, however, add/create a new file and do not commit it, git reset --hard does logically nothing with it
• the same for branches -> you cannot reset the creation of a branch

2. use-cases

• clone/pull → mess up a file → immediately want to return to the state of the pull
• clone/pull/commit → delete a file by mistake in a working area → restore it right away

3. command

git reset --hard

Originally published at github