How do I force push a feature-branch to Gerrit?

Question

I have been working on a (remote) feature branch and after changing the branch history, I want to push it to Gerrit (with force push).

I tried the following command:

git push origin HEAD:refs/for/branch_name --force

However, instead of changing the branch history, it just pushed the changes on top of the branch.

What am I doing wrong? How can i force-push or change the remote branch history? thanks.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '15 at 13:41

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Execute this:

git push -f origin HEAD:refs/heads/branch_name

answered Jun 26 '15 at 13:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '15 at 12:38

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This should do the trick

git push origin branch_name -f

answered Jun 24 '15 at 12:38

crea1

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This answer would've been a lot better if it explained why the OP's command produced the incorrect result and why this command worked better. – Magnus Bäck Jun 30 '15 at 05:50

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