# git push -f documentation 2 messages from 2006-01-30 to 2006-01-30. Participants: J. Bruce Fields, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/3181 ## J. Bruce Fields, 2006-01-30 01:40 Subject: git push -f documentation Message-ID: <20060130014050.GA18945@fieldses.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060130014050.GA18945%40fieldses.org ``` Surely the documentation here is exactly backwards? Or am I missing something?--b. --- Documentation/git-push.txt | 8 ++++---- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) 1391326bf55bc9a9deb52a872671f29c70c0a4de diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 365cfd4..a0ef61d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] line. -f, \--force:: - Usually, the command refuses to update a local ref that is - not an ancestor of the remote ref used to overwrite it. - This flag disables the check. What this means is that the - local repository can lose commits; use it with care. + Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is + not a descendent 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. Author -- 0.99.8b.g3480-dirty ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2006-01-30 01:53 Subject: Re: git push -f documentation Message-ID: <7vd5iah45r.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vd5iah45r.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20060130014050.GA18945@fieldses.org> ``` "J. Bruce Fields" writes: > Surely the documentation here is exactly backwards? Or am I > missing something?--b. Thanks. ```