Force my local master to be origin/master
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 local master pointing to the right place Make the current git branch a master branch git checkout better_branch git merge --strategy=ours master # keep the content of this branch, but record a merge git checkout master git merge better_branch # fast-forward master up to the merge which worked fine except git status gives C:\data\localprojects\Beko2011Azure [master]> git status # On branch master # Your branch and 'origin/master' have