documentation: wording improvements

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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Elijah Newren
2023-10-08 06:45:03 +00:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
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commit cf6cac2005
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@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side.
Without `--force`, the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check",
is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
is performed to avoid accidentally overwriting the
remote ref and losing other peoples' commits from there.
With `--force`, the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.