The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout: .gitignore

Problem :

git.exe checkout master --

error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout:
.gitignore

Please move or remove them before you switch branches.
Aborting


Solution :

try running below commands one by one on your repository

git fetch --all

git reset --hard origin/master

this will reset your .gitignore file or any other file which is conflicting.

hope this helps .