git push_error ai_generated true

error: failed to push some refs to remote

ID: git/failed-to-push-refs

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88%Fix Rate
90%Confidence
420Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

Remote has commits not in local branch. Most common git push error.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 92% success Pull and rebase before pushing 
    git pull --rebase origin main && git push

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-pull#Documentation/git-pull.txt---rebase

  2. 88% success Fetch and merge remote changes first 
    git fetch origin && git merge origin/main

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Force push with git push --force 85% fail

    Overwrites remote history, can destroy teammates' work

  2. Delete remote branch and push again 90% fail

    Loses remote-only commits permanently

Error Chain

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