+
`--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` will protect the named ref (alone),
if it is going to be updated, by requiring its current value to be
-the same as the specified value <expect> (which is allowed to be
+the same as the specified value `<expect>` (which is allowed to be
different from the remote-tracking branch we have for the refname,
or we do not even have to have such a remote-tracking branch when
-this form is used).
+this form is used). If `<expect>` is the empty string, then the named ref
+must not already exist.
+
Note that all forms other than `--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>`
that specifies the expected current value of the ref explicitly are
and so would be unreachable. As such, these commits would be removed by
a `git gc` command on the origin repository.
+include::transfer-data-leaks.txt[]
+
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