tg-delete: Handle the case where the branch has been removed already, but the base...

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@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ tg delete
        only empty branch (base == head); use '-f' to remove
        non-empty branch.
 
+       The '-f' option is also useful to force removal of a branch's base, if
+       you used 'git branch -D B' to remove the branch B, and then certain
+       TopGit commands complain, because the base of branch B is still there.
+
        Currently, this command will _NOT_ remove the branch from
        the dependency list in other branches. You need to take
        care of this _manually_. This is even more complicated