git command for making one branch like another

Question

I\'m trying to take a branch with changes and bring it back to be identical to the upstream it diverged from. The changes are both local and have been pushed to github, so n

Answer 1

Heavy handed, but hell, what can possibly go wrong?

• Check out the branch X you want to look like the Y
• cp -r .git /tmp
• Check out branch Y git checkout y
• rm -rf .git && cp -r /tmp/.git .
• Commit & push any difference
• DONE.