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Created May 14, 2015 21:27
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Git overwrite branch with another branch
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git-overwrite-branch.sh
# overwrite master with contents of seotweaks branch (seotweaks > master)
git checkout seotweaks # source name
git merge -s ours master # target name
git checkout master # target name
git merge seotweaks # source name
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smaier commented Oct 10, 2016

correction: git merge -s ours master --allow-unrelated-histories

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