Git reference conflicts between branches (unable to update local branch)

Question

I\'m experiencing the following error while trying to git fetch a remote branch:

error: Ref refs/origin/remotes/my-branch is at s

Answer 1

For other googlers who get here: this is also another less drastic approach:

Navigate to .git\refs\remotes\origin directory - delete the master file,

Then do another git pull and it synchronizes successfully.