Re: Proposalö git push -F

XonqNopp [off-list ref] 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.