We periodically force push feature branches when we rebase them.

To do this safely, I first check manually to see if my pair has pushed any commits I don’t yet have in my local branch.

But there’s an easier and safer way to do this. The --force-with-lease option will fail if there are upstream changes not yet merged.

It will work smoothly for standard rebasing situations, but protect against any inadvertent destructive force pushes.

Thanks to Jason K for sharing this tip with me!