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diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index f7dfe48d28..e2992f17a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git push' [--all | --mirror | --tags] [--follow-tags] [-n | --dry-run] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [--prune] [-v | --verbose] [-u | --set-upstream] + [--force-with-lease[=<refname>[:<expect>]]] [--no-verify] [<repository> [<refspec>...]] DESCRIPTION @@ -130,21 +131,75 @@ already exists on the remote side. repository over ssh, and you do not have the program in a directory on the default $PATH. +--[no-]force-with-lease:: +--force-with-lease=<refname>:: +--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>:: + Usually, "git push" refuses to update a remote ref that is + not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. ++ +This option bypasses the check, but instead requires that the +current value of the ref to be the expected value. "git push" +fails otherwise. ++ +Imagine that you have to rebase what you have already published. +You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to +replace the history you originally published with the rebased history. +If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are +rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her +commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work. ++ +This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are +updating is what you rebased and want to replace. If the remote ref +still points at the commit you specified, you can be sure that no +other people did anything to the ref (it is like taking a "lease" on +the ref without explicitly locking it, and you update the ref while +making sure that your earlier "lease" is still valid). ++ +`--force-with-lease` alone, without specifying the details, will protect +all remote refs that are going to be updated by requiring their +current value to be the same as the remote-tracking branch we have +for them, unless specified with a `--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` +option that explicitly states what the expected value is. ++ +`--force-with-lease=<refname>`, without specifying the expected value, will +protect the named ref (alone), if it is going to be updated, by +requiring its current value to be the same as the remote-tracking +branch we have for it. ++ +`--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` will protect the named ref (alone), +if it is going to be updated, by requiring its current value to be +the same as the specified value <expect> (which is allowed to be +different from the remote-tracking branch we have for the refname, +or we do not even have to have such a remote-tracking branch when +this form is used). ++ +Note that all forms other than `--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` +that specifies the expected current value of the ref explicitly are +still experimental and their semantics may change as we gain experience +with this feature. ++ +"--no-force-with-lease" will cancel all the previous --force-with-lease on the +command line. + -f:: --force:: Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is not an ancestor of the local ref used to overwrite it. - This flag disables the check. This can cause the - remote repository to lose commits; use it with care. - Note that `--force` applies to all the refs that are pushed, - hence using it with `push.default` set to `matching` or with - multiple push destinations configured with `remote.*.push` - may overwrite refs other than the current branch (including - local refs that are strictly behind their remote counterpart). - To force a push to only one branch, use a `+` in front of the - refspec to push (e.g `git push origin +master` to force a push - to the `master` branch). See the `<refspec>...` section above - for details. + Also, when `--force-with-lease` option is used, the command refuses + to update a remote ref whose current value does not match + what is expected. ++ +This flag disables these checks, and can cause the remote repository +to lose commits; use it with care. ++ +Note that `--force` applies to all the refs that are pushed, hence +using it with `push.default` set to `matching` or with multiple push +destinations configured with `remote.*.push` may overwrite refs +other than the current branch (including local refs that are +strictly behind their remote counterpart). To force a push to only +one branch, use a `+` in front of the refspec to push (e.g `git push +origin +master` to force a push to the `master` branch). See the +`<refspec>...` section above for details. --repo=<repository>:: This option is only relevant if no <repository> argument is |