diff --git a/git-hangman-lab/scripts/repo b/git-hangman-lab/scripts/repo
index 73f6932..9fbd63b 100755
--- a/git-hangman-lab/scripts/repo
+++ b/git-hangman-lab/scripts/repo
@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@ do_get_latest() {
     echo "Fetching: $REPO_NAME ($BRANCH)"
     git -C "$REPO_DIR" fetch origin "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true
     git -C "$REPO_DIR" checkout "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || git -C "$REPO_DIR" checkout -b "$BRANCH" "origin/$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true
+    if [[ "$FORCE" == "true" ]]; then
+      git -C "$REPO_DIR" reset --hard "origin/$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true
+    else
+      git -C "$REPO_DIR" merge --ff-only "origin/$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
 
     if [[ "$RECURSIVE" == "true" ]]; then
       echo "Updating submodules..."