add force flag to calc_nobs repartitioning

[dougbrn]

Change Description

Resolves #405.

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All this needed was the force=True flag to allow light partition expansion when the boundaries don't overlap completely.

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Before [750fe4b] <v0.4.0>	After [4f46bcd]	Ratio	Benchmark (Parameter)
33.9±0.4ms	35.5±1ms	1.05	benchmarks.time_prune_sync_workflow
32.5±0.6ms	33.1±0.4ms	1.02	benchmarks.time_batch

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Project coverage is 95.77%. Comparing base (750fe4b) to head (fffa3f6).

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