Re: GIT help

[Rune Zedeler]

Johannes Schindelin skrev:

> For shared repositories (such as on git.sv.gnu.org), non-fast-forwarding 
> pushes are not allowed.

Ok.
It would be nice with a better error message.
If I understand it correctly, what you just said is that the "--force" 
option cannot be used on shared repositories.

> In your case, I think the number of pullers is relatively small, and you 
> can make everybody aware of your fix by sending a message either to this 
> list, or to the pullers directly.

I don't think I have any pullers atm. Only - eh - differs :-)

> The workaround, then, to force a non-fast-forwarding push is
>
>         # delete the branch on the remote
>         $ git push <remote> :rune

$ git push ssh+git://address@hidden/srv/git/lilypond.git/ :dev/rune
error: src refspec  does not match any.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
$


>         # push the "new" branch
>         $ git push <remote> rune
>
> But please be aware of the implications whenever you do something like 
> that!

Yeah, I really messed it up, I know. I had misunderstood how to work 
with git. It was a mistake to merge with master branch.

-Rune