diff --git a/plugins/settings-sync/src/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLog.kt b/plugins/settings-sync/src/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLog.kt
index f13103108347..d98e7a0ac8c7 100644
--- a/plugins/settings-sync/src/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLog.kt
+++ b/plugins/settings-sync/src/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLog.kt
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ class GitSettingsLog(private val settingsSyncStorage: Path,
   override fun collectCurrentSnapshot(): SettingsSnapshot {
     // todo check repository consistency, e.g. there should be no uncommitted changes
     git.checkout().setName(MASTER_REF_NAME).setForced(true).call()
+    git.reset().setMode(ResetCommand.ResetType.HARD).call()
+    git.clean().setForce(true).setCleanDirectories(true).call()
 
     val lastModifiedDate = getDate(getBranchTip(master))
 
diff --git a/plugins/settings-sync/tests/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLogTest.kt b/plugins/settings-sync/tests/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLogTest.kt
index 22bd8529a308..604f1c324362 100644
--- a/plugins/settings-sync/tests/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLogTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/settings-sync/tests/com/intellij/settingsSync/GitSettingsLogTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import com.intellij.testFramework.TemporaryDirectory
 import com.intellij.ui.JBAccountInfoService
 import com.intellij.util.io.createParentDirectories
 import com.intellij.util.io.write
+import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCache
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository
@@ -604,6 +605,44 @@ internal class GitSettingsLogTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @TestFor(issues = ["IJPL-13061"])
+  fun `drop for unfinished modifications`() {
+    val editorXml = (configDir / "options" / "editor.xml").write("Editor Initial")
+    val lafXml = (configDir / "options" / "laf.xml").write("LaF Initial")
+    val generalXml = (configDir / "options" / "ide.general.xml").write("General Initial")
+
+    val settingsLog = initializeGitSettingsLog(lafXml, editorXml)
+
+
+    settingsLog.applyCloudState(
+      settingsSnapshot {
+        fileState("options/editor.xml", "Editor Cloud")
+        fileState("options/ide.general.xml", "General Cloud")
+      }, "Remote changes"
+    )
+    settingsLog.advanceMaster()
+
+    settingsLog.applyIdeState(
+      settingsSnapshot {
+        fileState("options/editor.xml", "Editor Ide")
+        fileState("options/ide.general.xml", "General Ide")
+      }, "Local changes"
+    )
+
+    generalXml.write("General Cloud")
+    (configDir / "settingsSync" / "options" / "ide.general.xml").write("General New")
+    val repository = FileRepositoryBuilder()
+      .setGitDir((configDir / "settingsSync"/ ".git").toFile())
+      .setAutonomous(true).readEnvironment().build()
+    val git = Git(repository)
+    val addCommand = git.add()
+    addCommand.addFilepattern("options/ide.general.xml")
+    addCommand.call()
+
+    initializeGitSettingsLog(lafXml, editorXml, generalXml)
+  }
+
   private fun checkUsernameEmail(expectedName: String, expectedEmail: String) {
     arrayOf<FileAttribute<*>>()
     val editorXml = (configDir / "options" / "editor.xml").createParentDirectories().createFile()