How to reset master to origin/master?

Question

Can I do following in a simpler way?

git checkout origin/master
git branch -D master
git branch master
git checkout master

Answer 1

Something like:

$ git checkout master

# remember where the master was referencing to
$ git branch previous_master

# Reset master back to origin/master
$ git reset --hard origin/master

with step 2 being optional.