git remote ai_generated true

error: failed to push some refs to 'origin'

ID: git/error-failed-to-push-some-refs

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97%Fix Rate
98%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
2 active — — —

Root Cause

Remote has commits that the local branch doesn't — need to pull before pushing.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 96% success Pull and rebase: git pull --rebase origin <branch> then git push 
    Replays your commits on top of remote changes

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-pull#_rebase

  2. 94% success Pull with merge: git pull origin <branch> then git push 
    Creates a merge commit combining local and remote changes

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Force pushing: git push -f 90% fail

    Overwrites remote history; other collaborators' work may be lost

  2. Deleting the remote branch and pushing fresh 95% fail

    Loses all remote-only commits and breaks other clones

Error Chain

Frequently confused with: