Why does Git say my master branch is “already up to date” even though it is not?

Question

Basic Problem

I just deleted ALL the code from a file in my project and committed the change to my local git (on purpose). I did

git pull upstream mas         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem as you.

I did git status git fetch git pull, but my branch was still behind to origin. I had folders and files pushed to remote and I saw the files on the web, but on my local they were missing.

Finally, these commands updated all the files and folders on my local:

git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/master 

or if you want a branch

git checkout your_branch_name_here
git reset --hard origin/your_branch_name_here