Force my local master to be origin/master

Question

I\'ve let master and origin/master get stuck in the sidelines, and am no longer interested in the changes on that branch.

I followed these instructions to get my loc

Answer 1

If git checkout -B master origin/master is not working for you (when you do git pull your local master are still stuck on an older origin/master branch), you can try this:

git remote prune origin

git pull

It should reset your local master to track the latest origin/master.