# What is your production take on Reset local repository branch to be just like remote?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-your-production-take-on-reset-local-repository-branch-to-be-just-like-remote/679824>\
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**Created:** [April 1, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-your-production-take-on-reset-local-repository-branch-to-be-just-like-remote/679824 "2026-04-01T17:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-your-production-take-on-reset-local-repository-branch-to-be-just-like-remote/679824/1 "2026-04-01T17:00:07Z")

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Pulled from common Stack Overflow threads:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1628088/reset-local-repository-branch-to-be-just-like-remote-repository-head>

What is your modern answer, and where does the usual advice break down at scale?

Sarah 😄

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**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-your-production-take-on-reset-local-repository-branch-to-be-just-like-remote/679824/2 "2026-04-01T17:14:06Z")

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`git fetch origin && git switch my-branch && git reset --hard origin/my-branch` is the clean production answer.

Sora