How can I overwrite, not merge, one remote branch into another branch?

Question

I have two branches. Staging and Beta. Staging has code in it ( including files ), that I do not want at all. How can I make Beta completely overwrite Staging, so that none of t

Answer 1

I suggest you just rename it in case you change your mind.

git branch -m staging staging_oops
git checkout beta
git branch staging

If you really can't stand having that extra branch around:

git branch -D staging_oops