Re: I can never finish a push

> I'm working remotely over a VERY slow line.
>
> When I do a push it starts out fine
> but after the 15 seconds it takes to push
> it fails with non-fast-forward merge.
>
> So I pull (no merge needed, its fast-forward)
> and try push again. Fails again.
>
> I can keep this up for hours on end;
> pushing, pulling, pushing, pulling.
> Apparently there is fast and furious development
> on the branch I'm on that during my 15 seconds
> of pushing someone else on-site pushes and adds
> new commits before mine can finish.
>
> Is there anyway to lock the repository while
> my push is going on ?
>
> Please don't ask why I have a slow line
> or why the volume of changes that I am pushing.
> Suffice it to say its military work.