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From: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] push: update remote tags only with force
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:20:13 -0600
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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> It is fine when pushing into "refs/tags/" hierarchy.  It is *NOT*
> OK if the type check does not satisfy this function.  In that case,
> we do not actually see the existence of the destination as a
> problem, but it is reported as such.  We are blocking because we do
> not like the type of the new object or the type of the old object.
> If the destination points at a commit, the push can succeed if the
> user changes what object to push, so saying "you cannot push because
> the destination already exists" is just wrong in such a case.

So the solution is to revert back to recommending a merge?