Getting ready

We'll still use the example of the hello world repository. Make a fresh clone of the repository, or reset the master branch if you have already cloned one.

Create a fresh clone as follows:

$ git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Git-Version-Control-Cookbook-Second-Edition_hello_world_cookbook.git$ cd Git-Version-Control-Cookbook-Second-Edition_hello_world_cookbook

We can reset the existing clone as follows:

 $ git checkout master  $ git reset --hard origin/master  HEAD is now at 3061dc6 Adds Java version of 'hello world'

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