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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     XonqNopp <xonqnoppp@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: =?utf-8?Q?Proposal=C3=B6?= git push -F
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Date:   Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:38:31 -0800
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XonqNopp <xonqnoppp@gmail.com> writes:

> I have discovered some months ago that it is more safe to force a push with
> git push --force-with-lease
>
> But since then I keep wondering: why is this not the default?

Because the form "--force-with-lease=<this-exact-commit>" is a
strict improvement over "--force", but the lazy "guess where the
other end should be" form, i.e. "--force-with-lease" alone, is worse
than "--force" in that it gives users false sense of security
without offering the safety the "lease" mechanism gives.