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		Kiro on Nov 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jenkin developers accidentally do "git push --forc... What does the --force flag do? I don't understand the description at http://git-scm.com/docs/git-push

ihateloggingin on Nov 12, 2013 [–]

It deletes the remote branch entirely, and then uploads the local branch.

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