Force push current branch

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iblue picture iblue · Jul 12, 2012 · Viewed 55.2k times · Source

I often rebase feature branches and then want to force push them to the server.

git push --force origin feature-mongodb-support

Is there any shortcut for git push --force origin <current branch>?

Answer

Sergey K. picture Sergey K. · Jul 12, 2012

You can use aliases to shorten the command. Use it like this:

git config --global alias.fpush "push --force origin"

Now to push your branch just type:

git fpush feature-mongodb-support

Or you can even hardcode the branch name into the command:

git alias fpush "push --force origin feature-mongodb-support"

and use only git fpush to push your precious work into the upstream.

However, non-fast-forward updates are dangerous since you will basically overwrite all the history on server that occurred between the last merge/rebase into your local branch and the forced push. If you need to do them often there is definitely something wrong in your workflow.

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