Bug 366921 - Push wizard lies about expected push result for forced pushes
Summary: Push wizard lies about expected push result for forced pushes
Status: NEW
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Product: EGit
Classification: Technology
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 1.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 critical (vote)
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Reported: 2011-12-16 03:56 EST by Tobias Oberlies CLA
Modified: 2011-12-16 03:56 EST (History)
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Description Tobias Oberlies CLA 2011-12-16 03:56:00 EST 
Since recently (1.1?), the push wizard shows a preview of what a push will do. This is a very good idea, but unfortunately it is lying for forced pushes:
If I do a forced push, the "expected push results" only shows commits which will be added to a branch. It does not show the commits which will be dropped from the branch.

IMHO this is a critical bug, because the UI implies that force pushes are harmless. I know that they are not, but IIRC EGit is mainly addressed at users who with little Git experience.