[llvm-dev] Unable to push changes

[Luke Imhoff via llvm-dev]

That message is automatically generated by the Branch Protection settings
on GitHub.  It can’t be customized.

GitHub had promised tools to make renaming branches easier by the end of
the year, but IDK if that would include a better message for Branch
Protection.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 9:50 AM Teresa Johnson via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Just discovered this is due to the rename of master to main:
> http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-December/147176.html
> I completely missed this email thread.
>
> Pushing with 'main' worked for me.
>
> Oddly, my
>  git pull --rebase origin master
> worked just fine.
>
> Is there a way to make the error clearer?
>
> Thanks,
> Teresa
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 7:38 AM Teresa Johnson <tejohnson at google.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I tried pushing a change last night and got an error that I haven't seen
>> before, and cannot figure out what is going on. Has anyone seen something
>> like this or know how to debug or fix this issue?
>>
>> $ git push origin HEAD:master
>> Username for 'https://github.com': teresajohnson
>> Password for 'https://teresajohnson@github.com':
>> Enumerating objects: 33, done.
>> Counting objects: 100% (33/33), done.
>> Delta compression using up to 56 threads
>> Compressing objects: 100% (16/16), done.
>> Writing objects: 100% (17/17), 2.10 KiB | 2.10 MiB/s, done.
>> Total 17 (delta 14), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
>> remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (14/14), completed with 14 local objects.
>> remote: error: GH006: Protected branch update failed for
>> refs/heads/master.
>> remote: error: You're not authorized to push to this branch. Visit
>> https://docs.github.com/articles/about-protected-branches/ for more
>> information.
>> To https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
>>  ! [remote rejected]           HEAD -> master (protected branch hook
>> declined)
>> error: failed to push some refs to '
>> https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git'
>>
>> I retried several times and keep getting that. I can log into github with
>> the same username and password, and I see there that I am a member of llvm,
>> can see llvm-project, and am a member of "LLVM Committers".
>>
>> Someone suggested I try using SSH, so I set that up following the
>> directions at
>> https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh
>> .
>>
>> I confirmed I can ssh to github now. I changed my remote's URL to SSH:
>>
>> $ git remote set-url origin git at github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git
>> $ git remote -v
>> origin git at github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git (fetch)
>> origin git at github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git (push)
>>
>> However, I am still seeing the same error:
>>
>> $ git push origin HEAD:master
>> Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '140.82.112.4'
>> to the list of known hosts.
>> Enumerating objects: 33, done.
>> Counting objects: 100% (33/33), done.
>> Delta compression using up to 56 threads
>> Compressing objects: 100% (16/16), done.
>> Writing objects: 100% (17/17), 2.10 KiB | 1.05 MiB/s, done.
>> Total 17 (delta 14), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
>> remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (14/14), completed with 14 local objects.
>> remote: error: GH006: Protected branch update failed for
>> refs/heads/master.
>> remote: error: You're not authorized to push to this branch. Visit
>> https://docs.github.com/articles/about-protected-branches/ for more
>> information.
>> To github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git
>>  ! [remote rejected]           HEAD -> master (protected branch hook
>> declined)
>> error: failed to push some refs to 'github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git'
>>
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Teresa
>>
>> --
>> Teresa Johnson |  Software Engineer |  tejohnson at google.com |
>>
>
>
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> Teresa Johnson |  Software Engineer |  tejohnson at google.com |
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