diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 0ab135c9881c4d9fa6b82ea80f5e62d2fbf17d28..55d8ff7e102fa6cc369c993035c0579c2d33b775 100644 (file)
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
/* This part determines what can overwrite what.
* The rules are:
*
- * (0) you can always use --force.
+ * (0) you can always use --force or +A:B notation to
+ * selectively force individual ref pairs.
*
* (1) if the old thing does not exist, it is OK.
*
* descendant of old, it is OK.
*/
- if (!force_update && !is_zero_sha1(ref->old_sha1)) {
+ if (!force_update &&
+ !is_zero_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
+ !ref->force) {
if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1)) {
error("remote '%s' object %s does not "
"exist on local",
ref->name, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
continue;
}
+
/* We assume that local is fsck-clean. Otherwise
- * you _could_ have a old tag which points at
- * something you do not have which may or may not
+ * you _could_ have an old tag which points at
+ * something you do not have, which may or may not
* be a commit.
*/
if (!ref_newer(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1,