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		Nimitz14 on Dec 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oh shit, git: Getting myself out of bad situations I'd say it changes your code to match that of a branch in your local copy of the repo.

CJefferson on Dec 18, 2017 [–]

It resets the file x/y, or checks out branch y of remote x, or checks out local branch x/y. I've had confused users manage to create al of these cases, and git is very unhelpful in explaining the difference between the three cases.

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