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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 74dd82ab7a..a546b10ee1 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2045,6 +2045,13 @@ branch name with a plus sign: $ git push ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git +master ------------------------------------------------- +Note the addition of the `+` sign. Alternatively, you can use the +`-f` flag to force the remote update, as in: + +------------------------------------------------- +$ git push -f ssh://yourserver.com/~you/proj.git master +------------------------------------------------- + Normally whenever a branch head in a public repository is modified, it is modified to point to a descendant of the commit that it pointed to before. By forcing a push in this situation, you break that convention. |