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The behavior of "git push --force" is rather clear when it updates only
one remote ref, but running it when pushing several branches can really
be dangerous. Warn the users a bit more and give them the alternative to
push only one branch.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Expand Up @@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ no `push.default` configuration variable is set.
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.

--repo=<repository>::
This option is only relevant if no <repository> argument is
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