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Fix brew update that results in message ... "Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge"
cd /usr/local
sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin ./
git reset --hard
git clean -fd
cd ~
find /usr/local/Library/Formula -type l -delete
brew doctor
brew update
brew prune
brew cleanup
brew doctor
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