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Add recreate-ref option to create_pull_request for reusing an existing remote branch
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Add recreate-ref option to create_pull_request for reusing an existing remote branch
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Allow create_pull_request to reuse existing remote branch when preserve-branch-name is true
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Reuse existing remote branch in create_pull_request when preserve-branch-name is enabled
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Use 'force-push semantics' (plural) in docs and code comments
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Merge branch 'main' into copilot/fix-create-pull-request-branch-issue
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Add reuse-existing-ref option to gate force-delete of existing remote branch
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Rename reuse-existing-ref to recreate-ref
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docs(spec): document preserve-branch-name and recreate-ref in safe-outputs spec
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