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title: "How to force overwrite local changes with 'git pull'"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-force-overwrite-local-changes-with-git-pull--b6xzr-tou
source_url: https://devdojo.com/smpnjn/how-to-force-overwrite-local-changes-with-git-pull
type: article
source: "DevDojo"
author: "Johnny"
published: 2022-08-25T07:37:01.316Z
updated: 2022-08-25T07:37:01.249Z
tags: ["git"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 3
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How to force overwrite local changes with 'git pull'

**[DevDojo](https://daily.dev/sources/devdojo)** · [@smpnjn](https://daily.dev/smpnjn) · 3 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

How to force overwrite local changes with 'git pull' Have you ever been working on a project in git and ran into an error telling you that you can't use git pull because you have local changes? error: Untracked working tree file 'App.vue' would be overwritten by merge.

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