--force
A Claude Code CLI flag, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.138, including the newest one read.
What it is
Auto-memory file deletion now rejects every flag except -f or --force, so fewer commands slip through.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.219.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.138 – 2.1.243 95 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.219Auto-memory rm allowlist reworked
Auto-memory file deletion now rejects every flag except -f or --force, so fewer commands slip through.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- claude-prompting-best-practices mentions it Claude Developer Platform
- spawn.sh: called once per claimed work item mentions it Claude Developer Platform
- Agent SDK reference - Python mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Agent SDK reference - TypeScript mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Configure auto mode mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code changelog mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Commands mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Discover and install prebuilt plugins through marketplaces mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Create and distribute a plugin marketplace mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Plugins reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- How Claude Code uses prompt caching mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Troubleshoot installation and login mentions it Claude Code CLI
A reference table page is one whose own table defines this name, and it is where the description above came from. A page that mentions it carries the name somewhere in its text and may say nothing about it at all. Every page carrying it.
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the CLI flag does. All CLI flags.