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		golergka on Nov 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git 2.0 changes push default to ‘simple’ Strange. I'm not a git expert, but every time I try to push outdated commits to the origin, it says that I'm behind and need to pull first.

10char on Nov 2, 2013 [–]

If you had the `-f` (force) flag, it overrides any sanity checks and simply accepts whatever history you give it.

davvid on Nov 3, 2013 | [–]

If `git config receive.denyNonFastforwards true` is configured on the remote repository then this is prevented. This is the default on modern versions of Git.

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