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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] replace: forbid replacing an object with one of a different type
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:

> There is already a --force option, but I can add a --force-type in a
> another patch.

Oh, that was not what I meant.  As long as existing --force override
this check, that should be sufficient and more preferrable than yet
another kind of "force".

Thanks.