diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dfe491b075b8..098bae6c13c85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.8.1 (2018-09-10)
+- Fix issue where changes were not pulled when tracking a branch (issue #567)
+
 ## v0.8.0 (2018-09-04)
 
 ### Notes about upgrading from v0.7
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a3df0a6959e15..6f4eebdf6f68f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1
diff --git a/reposerver/repository/repository.go b/reposerver/repository/repository.go
index f6c0c43b526e5..57c09e0b54508 100644
--- a/reposerver/repository/repository.go
+++ b/reposerver/repository/repository.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (s *Service) ListDir(ctx context.Context, q *ListDirRequest) (*FileList, er
 		return &res, nil
 	}
 
-	err = checkoutRevision(gitClient, q.Revision)
+	err = checkoutRevision(gitClient, commitSHA)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ func (s *Service) GetFile(ctx context.Context, q *GetFileRequest) (*GetFileRespo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	err = checkoutRevision(gitClient, q.Revision)
+	commitSHA, err := gitClient.LsRemote(q.Revision)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = checkoutRevision(gitClient, commitSHA)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ func (s *Service) GenerateManifest(c context.Context, q *ManifestRequest) (*Mani
 		log.Infof("manifest cache miss: %s", cacheKey)
 	}
 
-	err = checkoutRevision(gitClient, q.Revision)
+	err = checkoutRevision(gitClient, commitSHA)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -280,16 +284,12 @@ func IdentifyAppSourceTypeByAppPath(appFilePath string) AppSourceType {
 }
 
 // checkoutRevision is a convenience function to initialize a repo, fetch, and checkout a revision
-func checkoutRevision(gitClient git.Client, revision string) error {
+func checkoutRevision(gitClient git.Client, commitSHA string) error {
 	err := gitClient.Fetch()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	err = gitClient.Reset()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn(err)
-	}
-	err = gitClient.Checkout(revision)
+	err = gitClient.Checkout(commitSHA)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/util/git/client.go b/util/git/client.go
index 388146083fda5..3ad04c23a12a5 100644
--- a/util/git/client.go
+++ b/util/git/client.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (m *nativeGitClient) setCredentials() error {
 func (m *nativeGitClient) Fetch() error {
 	var err error
 	log.Debugf("Fetching repo %s at %s", m.repoURL, m.root)
-	if _, err = m.runCmd("git", "fetch", "origin", "--tags"); err != nil {
+	if _, err = m.runCmd("git", "fetch", "origin", "--tags", "--force"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// git fetch does not update the HEAD reference. The following command will update the local
@@ -192,7 +192,10 @@ func (m *nativeGitClient) Checkout(revision string) error {
 	if revision == "" || revision == "HEAD" {
 		revision = "origin/HEAD"
 	}
-	if _, err := m.runCmd("git", "checkout", revision); err != nil {
+	if _, err := m.runCmd("git", "checkout", "--force", revision); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := m.runCmd("git", "clean", "-fd"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil