thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/include/git2/refspec.h b/include/git2/refspec.h
index c0a8eab..1100e90 100644
--- a/include/git2/refspec.h
+++ b/include/git2/refspec.h
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_refspec_src(const git_refspec *refspec);
 GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_refspec_dst(const git_refspec *refspec);
 
 /**
+ * Get the force update setting
+ *
+ * @param refspec the refspec
+ * @return 1 if force update has been set, 0 otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_refspec_force(const git_refspec *refspec);
+
+/**
  * Check if a refspec's source descriptor matches a reference 
  *
  * @param refspec the refspec
diff --git a/src/refspec.c b/src/refspec.c
index 697b1bf..b6b1158 100644
--- a/src/refspec.c
+++ b/src/refspec.c
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ const char *git_refspec_dst(const git_refspec *refspec)
 	return refspec == NULL ? NULL : refspec->dst;
 }
 
+int git_refspec_force(const git_refspec *refspec)
+{
+	assert(refspec);
+
+	return refspec->force;
+}
+
 int git_refspec_src_matches(const git_refspec *refspec, const char *refname)
 {
 	if (refspec == NULL || refspec->src == NULL)
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 9740344..5993ad0 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ int git_remote_save(const git_remote *remote)
 		git_buf_clear(&buf);
 		git_buf_clear(&value);
 		git_buf_printf(&buf, "remote.%s.fetch", remote->name);
+		if (remote->fetch.force)
+			git_buf_putc(&value, '+');
 		git_buf_printf(&value, "%s:%s", remote->fetch.src, remote->fetch.dst);
 		if (git_buf_oom(&buf) || git_buf_oom(&value))
 			return -1;
@@ -201,6 +203,8 @@ int git_remote_save(const git_remote *remote)
 		git_buf_clear(&buf);
 		git_buf_clear(&value);
 		git_buf_printf(&buf, "remote.%s.push", remote->name);
+		if (remote->push.force)
+			git_buf_putc(&value, '+');
 		git_buf_printf(&value, "%s:%s", remote->push.src, remote->push.dst);
 		if (git_buf_oom(&buf) || git_buf_oom(&value))
 			return -1;
@@ -490,7 +494,7 @@ int git_remote_add(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, con
 {
 	git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 
-	if (git_buf_printf(&buf, "refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/%s/*", name) < 0)
+	if (git_buf_printf(&buf, "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/%s/*", name) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (git_remote_new(out, repo, name, url, git_buf_cstr(&buf)) < 0)
diff --git a/tests-clar/network/remotes.c b/tests-clar/network/remotes.c
index 0649c86..3f63183 100644
--- a/tests-clar/network/remotes.c
+++ b/tests-clar/network/remotes.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ void test_network_remotes__save(void)
 	cl_assert(_refspec != NULL);
 	cl_assert_equal_s(git_refspec_src(_refspec), "refs/heads/*");
 	cl_assert_equal_s(git_refspec_dst(_refspec), "refs/remotes/upstream/*");
+	cl_assert(git_refspec_force(_refspec) == 0);
 
 	_refspec = git_remote_pushspec(_remote);
 	cl_assert(_refspec != NULL);
@@ -159,6 +160,15 @@ void test_network_remotes__loading_a_missing_remote_returns_ENOTFOUND(void)
 	cl_assert_equal_i(GIT_ENOTFOUND, git_remote_load(&_remote, _repo, "just-left-few-minutes-ago"));
 }
 
+/*
+ * $ git remote add addtest http://github.com/libgit2/libgit2
+ *
+ * $ cat .git/config
+ * [...]
+ * [remote "addtest"]
+ *         url = http://github.com/libgit2/libgit2
+ *         fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/addtest/*
+ */
 void test_network_remotes__add(void)
 {
 	git_remote_free(_remote);
@@ -168,5 +178,6 @@ void test_network_remotes__add(void)
 	cl_git_pass(git_remote_load(&_remote, _repo, "addtest"));
 	_refspec = git_remote_fetchspec(_remote);
 	cl_assert(!strcmp(git_refspec_src(_refspec), "refs/heads/*"));
+	cl_assert(git_refspec_force(_refspec) == 1);
 	cl_assert(!strcmp(git_refspec_dst(_refspec), "refs/remotes/addtest/*"));
 }