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Discussion on: 10 Git Tricks to Save Your Time and Sanity

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Adam Crockett 🌀 •

Emergency servival kit: ohshitgit.com/

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Jacob Herrington (he/him) •

That's awesome.

Always an option:

cd ..
sudo rm -r fucking-git-repo-dir
git clone https://some.github.url/fucking-git-repo-dir.git
cd fucking-git-repo-dir
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Christopher Keele •

Or just:

rm -rf .git
git init .
git remote add origin https://some.github.url/fucking-git-repo-dir.git
git fetch

To avoid moving out of the directory, overwriting it, or losing changes