Overwrite everything in master with another branch in git

Question

I have a very out of date master branch in a git repository.

All of my work has been done in another branch.

What is the best way to merge the

Answer 1

Lots of these questions are answered with the git merge strategy=ours solution, but I think it misses the point of the question. I interpret the question as "i didn't follow good practice and basically the master is useless, and i want nothing from the master". common for solo projects.

git push -f origin branch_ive_been_working_for_months:master fully replaces your remote master with your remote branch. then, just git pull origin master after locally checking out master is the solution that directly answers question IMO.