# stuck and need unstuck (git checkout) 2 messages from 2013-03-25 to 2013-03-30. Participants: J.V., Phil Hord. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/33280 ## J.V., 2013-03-25 17:57 Subject: stuck and need unstuck (git checkout) Message-ID: <51508FFA.4080404@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/51508FFA.4080404%40gmail.com ``` I was on a branch (local tracked with remote), and I wanted to checkout a remote branch so did: $git co myRemoteBranch and got a message that a lot of jar files were being untracked (files were locked). I had a server running that had some of the jar files locked, so it could not update and untracked them all. What I want to do now is: 1. switch branches 2. delete this locally created branch 3. re-check out again so all will be well. I cannot switch branches because it says my untracked files will be overwritten. How do I switch branches? I have no commits to make and simply want to go back. git reset and git stash do not get me there. thanks J.V. ``` ## Phil Hord, 2013-03-30 20:48 Subject: Re: stuck and need unstuck (git checkout) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CABURp0ra4znHXVmUjMK2kOjPLHe2Dys46HZ%3DwC%3DLWri_sFag0Q%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <51508FFA.4080404@gmail.com> ``` On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:57 PM, J.V. wrote: > I was on a branch (local tracked with remote), and I wanted to checkout a > remote branch so did: > $git co myRemoteBranch > > and got a message that a lot of jar files were being untracked (files were > locked). I had a server running that had some of the jar files locked, so > it could not update and untracked them all. > > What I want to do now is: > 1. switch branches > 2. delete this locally created branch > 3. re-check out again so all will be well. > > I cannot switch branches because it says my untracked files will be > overwritten. How do I switch branches? I have no commits to make and simply > want to go back. git reset and git stash do not get me there. Does 'git checkout --force yourLocalBranch' help? Phil ```