Git force push subtree: error: unknown option `force'

Question

I'm simply trying to force push on a subtree, using the following command:

git push origin git subtree split --prefix dist gh-pages:gh-pages --force

and I get the following error:

error: unknown option `force'

it's strange because I followed a web page and answers here in stack overflow that are using the --f / --force parameter.

Any idea what's wrong and how I can overwrite everything and push my code to the gh-pages subtree?

Are those two commands in a single line? No **;** to separate them? — eftshift0, Nov 09 '18 at 17:01
@eftshift0 I tried, the error is same - `error: unknown option `force'` — TheUnreal, Nov 09 '18 at 17:20
have you tried `git push -f origin git subtree split --prefix dist gh-pages:gh-pages`? — nemanja, Nov 09 '18 at 17:28
I am just poking in the dark now, but: `git push origin \`git subtree split --prefix dist gh-pages\`:gh-pages --force` (found similar problem and answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15623469/8815185) — nemanja, Nov 09 '18 at 17:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '22 at 14:26

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Add backticks (`) which invokes a bash "command substitution".

git push origin `git subtree split --prefix dist gh-pages`:gh-pages --force

answered Aug 11 '22 at 14:26

calebTree8475

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