[vtk-developers] Problems doing 'git push' (master -> master (hook declined))

[Berk Geveci]

My guess: You have non-linear history (i.e. a merge) and currently the
VTK repo enforces
linear history.

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Sean McBride <sean at rogue-research.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I successfully pushed once before, but am not able to right now.... It says:
>
> $ git push
> Counting objects: 34, done.
> Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
> Compressing objects: 100% (24/24), done.
> Writing objects: 100% (24/24), 4.10 KiB, done.
> Total 24 (delta 17), reused 0 (delta 0)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> merge commit 0741e3bb not allowed
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> error: hook declined to update refs/heads/master
> To git at vtk.org:VTK.git
>  ! [remote rejected] master -> master (hook declined)
> error: failed to push some refs to 'git at vtk.org:VTK.git'
>
> Anyone know what this means?
>
> Thanks,
>
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