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Asked: 2026-06-05T23:07:45+00:00

i just want to update my local files with git. but every time i

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i just want to update my local files with git. but every time i try to pull i get and error saying that i need to commit certain file first. what is the way to update local file without using commit??

here is the error message

$ git pull
Enter passphrase for key ‘/c/Users/me/.ssh/id_rsa’:
Updating 4dsdSe6e..70fb5b6
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
grails-app/conf/DataSource.groovy
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.
Aborting

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you don’t want to commit, you’ll need to stash your changes. This sounds like what you’re looking for:

    git stash save "Changes I don't want to commit yet"
git pull
git stash pop

    The first line stashes your changes onto a stack and reverts your code to the last commit. From there, you can pull like normal. Once you’ve pulled, pop the changes in your stash back onto your code. This let’s you do a pull without committing your code. You can learn more about stashing here.

    Hope that helped!

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