title: Git Pull Not Syncing Local Files
body: <p>I've set up my repository in Git. I can commit to it just fine and dandy.</p>
  
  <p>However, when I make changes to my files (git status shows modifications), and I want to pull my repository and overwrite those files that have been changed (just as a test to see if I'm updating my local side correctly), it tells me that my local repo is "Already up-to-date".</p>
  
  <p>From my understanding, I've made changes to my local so it shouldn't be telling me that my local is "up-to-date".</p>
  
  <p>Now the question is, is Git telling me this because I am the same user that last committed to the repo? So if I were, for example, to commit something using my roommate's username, then if I were to pull from mine after his commit, then my local files would be updated?</p>
  
  <p>I know that there are reset commands and revert commands in case that you screwed up or want to revert to your old files on YOUR machine, which is why I think that me being 'the same user' is the problem. Git just doesn't want to pull from the repo because I can reset my changes locally?</p>
  
  <p>Am I on the right track with committing on different users to ACTUALLY pull from the repo?</p>
  
  <p>P.S. - I did set my e-mail and username using the git config --global command (should I have used --local or --system?). Might that be another cause of the problem?</p>