title: How To Perform A Complete Overwrite of a git repository From Its Remote
body: <p>I have been reading the various answers to my question, and the usual reset examples are not working. I have a git repository that is behind its remote. Resetting from the various examples I have read does not work. The remote is a true, accurate repository, and it can overwrite what I have.</p>
  <p>How can I overwrite git completely and make sure the files on the remote and local -- it is the local that needs overwriting -- are the same?</p>