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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: XonqNopp <xonqnoppp@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proposalö git push -F
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:38:31 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqim68lp20.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJU-ojOhSpGraS=Cwy=kMNxNgN=T=o7Eq-BxcAfSLHMzmtAm9Q@mail.gmail.com> (XonqNopp's message of "Tue, 2 Mar 2021 13:35:53 +0100")

XonqNopp <xonqnoppp@gmail.com> writes:

> I have discovered some months ago that it is more safe to force a push with
> git push --force-with-lease
>
> But since then I keep wondering: why is this not the default?

Because the form "--force-with-lease=<this-exact-commit>" is a
strict improvement over "--force", but the lazy "guess where the
other end should be" form, i.e. "--force-with-lease" alone, is worse
than "--force" in that it gives users false sense of security
without offering the safety the "lease" mechanism gives.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-03 14:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-02 12:35 Proposalö git push -F XonqNopp
2021-03-03  6:38 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-03-04 10:02   ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-08-24 10:23   ` Xavier Morel

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