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Answer by Devin Rhode for When should I use "git push --force-if-includes"
Make force push saferYou may use git exclusively through the cli, but, some editors (like vscode), it will automatically run git fetch every 2 minutes in the background, and show you if there are new...
View ArticleAnswer by Devin Rhode for When should I use "git push --force-if-includes"
This is actually the safest possible way to force push, and my personal recommendation:git push --force-with-lease=refs/heads/main:<expected-remote-sha> origin mainThis makes --force-if-includes...
View ArticleAnswer by Captain Man for When should I use "git push --force-if-includes"
If you're always using --force-with-lease as-is instead of --force and looking for some quick info, start using --force-with-lease --force-with-includes instead as it is marginally safer.If I can have...
View ArticleAnswer by chenkaie for When should I use "git push --force-if-includes"
My ultimate safest solution to avoid accidentally overwritten other dev's commit goes like this, use 2 options at the same time. git config --global alias.pushf 'push --force-with-lease...
View ArticleAnswer by torek for When should I use "git push --force-if-includes"
TL;DRThe new-in-Git-2.30 --force-if-includes does nothing unless you also include --force-with-lease. If you do use --force-with-lease, that alone can suffice. I'm not convinced of the utility of...
View ArticleWhen should I use "git push --force-if-includes"
When I want to force push, I nearly always use --force-with-lease. Today I upgraded to Git 2.30 and discovered a new option: --force-if-includes.After reading the updated documentation, it's still not...
View ArticleAnswer by Timmmm for When should I use "git push --force-if-includes"
The top answer is VERY long and didn't even explain it to me. Here's a quicker better explanation.This is all to avoid races where multiple people are working on the same branch and are force pushing...
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