Sync with repo without cloning (keeping local files)

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#This will leave local unmanaged files untouched

# Clone just the repository's .git folder into an empty temporary directory
git clone --no-checkout my-project-repo my-project.tmp # might want --no-hardlinks for cloning local repo

# Move the .git folder to the directory with the files.
mv my-project.tmp/.git ./

# Delete the temporary directory
rmdir my-project.tmp

# git thinks all files are deleted, this reverts the state of the repo to HEAD.
# WARNING: any local changes to the files will be lost.
git reset --hard HEAD

#test update from visual studio