Force push current branch

Question

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 1

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.