Overwriting your local changes with remote branch

If you have local (commited, or not) changes and want to get rid of them (maybe you were just trying something) and go back to a previous version

open gitk (e.g. from git bash: "git gui" --> show all branches)

right click on the commit you want to back to--> "reset master to here" --> "hard"

Do not go back further than the remote branch, as this will cause major havoc and a bunch of kittens will be executed!

If you hate small, helpless, innocent puppies: don't do it anyway.

et voila!