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To move the branch pointer of a checked-out branch, one can use the git reset --hard command.
It can be changed to point to a different branch, without modifying any branch, by git checkout . In the manpage of git reset , the use of HEAD in "reset current HEAD to the specified state" seems to me that git reset switch to another branch as the current branch, similarly to git checkout .
Use git push -f to force update the remote branch, overwriting it using the local branch's changes. This operation is necessary anytime your local and remote repository diverge.
Set otherbranch to point at the same commit as currentbranch by running
git branch -f otherbranch currentbranch
The -f (force) option tells git branch yes, I really mean to overwrite any existing otherbranch reference with the new one.
From the documentation:
-f
--forceReset to if exists already. Without -f git branch refuses to change an existing branch.
The workflows you describe are not equivalent: when you perform reset --hard you lose all the changes in the working tree (you might want to make it reset --soft).
What you need is
git update-ref refs/heads/OtherBranch refs/heads/CurrentBranch
You can sync with this command your branches at any time
$ git push . CurrentBranch:OtherBranch -f
Also without -f it replace this set of commands
$ git checkout OtherBranch
$ git merge CurrentBranch
$ git checkout CurrentBranch
It can be useful when you don't need commit all your files in CurrentBranch and so you can't switch to another branches.
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