You have finished a new feature and committed the changes to your local source control branch. The feature has passed all local tests. You now need to upload your commits to the team's central repository but want to ensure that any recent work from your colleagues is not overwritten. What is the best practice to follow?
Pull the latest updates from the central repository and merge them into your local branch before pushing your changes.
Revert your local commits to align with the remote repository's history.
Delete the remote repository reference and initialize a new one from your local branch.
Force-push your local branch to the central repository, replacing the remote version.
The standard workflow is to first fetch and integrate changes from the remote repository into your local branch (often with a 'pull' command), which helps identify and resolve any conflicts locally. After integration, you can safely push your changes. A forced push would overwrite history, which is destructive and can cause teammates to lose work. Removing the remote or reverting your own commits are counterproductive to collaboration.
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