git reset –hard vs git checkout -f

I recently had a conversation about git reset --hard vs git checkout -f, and it turns out they do the same thing. This is one of the tricky things about Git, there are often multiple ways to do the same thing.

Note: git checkout -f is the same as git checkout . except -f works even when there is a currently a merge conflict (git checkout . throws an error in this situation)

Sal Ferrarello (@salcode)

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