diff --git a/src/commandsAndMenu.tsx b/src/commandsAndMenu.tsx
index 850dc6202..94bed92d1 100644
--- a/src/commandsAndMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/commandsAndMenu.tsx
@@ -419,11 +419,24 @@ export function addCommands(
           'Encountered an error when pulling changes. Error: ',
           error
         );
-        logger.log({
-          message: trans.__('Failed to pull'),
-          level: Level.ERROR,
-          error
-        });
+
+        // Discard changes then retry pull
+        if (
+          (error as string)
+            .toLowerCase()
+            .includes(
+              'your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge'
+            )
+        ) {
+          await discardAllChanges(gitModel, trans, true);
+          await commands.execute(CommandIDs.gitPull, {} as any);
+        } else {
+          logger.log({
+            message: trans.__('Failed to pull'),
+            level: Level.ERROR,
+            error
+          });
+        }
       }
     }
   });
diff --git a/src/tokens.ts b/src/tokens.ts
index 751f9e398..ebbd001af 100644
--- a/src/tokens.ts
+++ b/src/tokens.ts
@@ -1012,9 +1012,7 @@ export enum CommandIDs {
   gitClone = 'git:clone',
   gitOpenGitignore = 'git:open-gitignore',
   gitPush = 'git:push',
-  gitForcePush = 'git:force-push',
   gitPull = 'git:pull',
-  gitDiscardPull = 'git:discard-pull',
   gitSubmitCommand = 'git:submit-commit',
   gitShowDiff = 'git:show-diff'
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/discardAllChanges.ts b/src/widgets/discardAllChanges.ts
index 67cdbf156..2d0309f2c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/discardAllChanges.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/discardAllChanges.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,23 @@ import { IGitExtension } from '../tokens';
 
 /**
  * Discard changes in all unstaged and staged files
+ *
+ * @param isFallback If dialog is called when the classical pull operation fails
  */
 export async function discardAllChanges(
   model: IGitExtension,
-  trans: TranslationBundle
+  trans: TranslationBundle,
+  isFallback?: boolean
 ): Promise<void> {
   const result = await showDialog({
     title: trans.__('Discard all changes'),
-    body: trans.__(
-      'Are you sure you want to permanently discard changes to all files? This action cannot be undone.'
-    ),
+    body: isFallback
+      ? trans.__(
+          'Do you want to permanently discard changes to all files and pull? This action cannot be undone.'
+        )
+      : trans.__(
+          'Are you sure you want to permanently discard changes to all files? This action cannot be undone.'
+        ),
     buttons: [
       Dialog.cancelButton({ label: trans.__('Cancel') }),
       Dialog.warnButton({ label: trans.__('Discard') })