[Solved] Error – The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge

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So you just tried to do a git pull and got the following error:

error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:

How to fix Untracked Working Trees Overwritten Merge

You can fix this error by first adding and stashing your local files before performing the pull.

git add * 
git stash
git pull
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