[Savannah-users] Re: non-fast-forward git push ?

[Miles Bader]

I posted a query to address@hidden ("snogglethorpe" is me):   17:28 
snogglethorpe: I wanted to do a non-FF push to a remote repo that 
doesn't allow them, but someone has pointed out that you can 
actually bypass the protection by doing:  git push REMOTE :master 
; git push REMOTE master
  17:29 snogglethorpe: is this basically (haha) safe, and 
  equivalent to git push -f REMOTE master?
  ...
  17:56 sitaram: snogglethorpe: "safe" is a very funny word to 
  use while deleting a branch :-)
  17:56 snogglethorpe: sitaram: yeah i know
  17:56 sitaram: snogglethorpe: it's not eqvt -- in case the 
  remote has reflog for the branch the reflog gets wiped out, 
  which is not the case for 'git push -f'
  17:57 snogglethorpe: not sure whether it matters -- is a reflog 
  useful on a server that nobody ever accesses except via 
  pushing/pulling?
  17:57 sitaram: I'm obviously not going into the social aspects 
  of all this... ;-)
  17:57 snogglethorpe: yeah
  17:57 sitaram: snogglethorpe: sure it is; it can at least tell 
  you when each push happened in case you want to track something
  17:57 snogglethorpe: hm
  17:57 sitaram: snogglethorpe: 
  http://sitaramc.github.com/the-list-and-irc/real-blame.html
  17:58 snogglethorpe: food for thought anyway
  17:59 snogglethorpe: there's a thread on the savannah(.gnu.org) 
  mailing list where these points weren't brought up
  17:59 snogglethorpe: it is true that for a "very public" server 
  like that, maybe denying push -f without additional 
  confirmation is the right thing
  18:00 snogglethorpe: but your points make it seem like maybe it 
  would be nice to have some sort of "yes i really really mean 
  it" frob...
  18:00 snogglethorpe: (and allow push -f if you jump through the 
  proper hoops)


-Miles

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