Re: failed to push

From: Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 1, 2010, 21:27 UTC
Message-ID: <2793902788222999372@unknownmsgid>
In-Reply-To: <4B8C2E68.3020507@gnu.org>

On Mar 1, 2010, at 13:15, Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> This message has no meaning at all.  I know it failed to push.
> I can tell from the comment "[rejected]".  It would be nice
> to know *WHY* it was rejected so I can fix the problem.
> How do I determine the cause, please?  Thank you!!  Regards, Bruce
>
> $ git push
> To ssh://bkorb@autogen.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/autogen/autogen
> ! [rejected]        master -> master (non-fast forward)
> error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://bkorb@autogen.git.sourceforge.net
> /gitroot/autogen/autogen'
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It tells you right there at the end of the rejected line. The push would have resulted in a non-fast-forward update of the branch.

To "fix" this, you need the current commit pointed to by the branch as one of the ancestors of the commits you're trying to push.