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When --force can write too broadly

Stop a broad headless job, narrow its permission file and rerun it from a clean branch.

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--force removes the interactive write prompt. It does not make a broad job safe.

Bounded job or broad writer

Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.

diagram: compare

Check the enforced permission before rerunning the job.