Gerrit: remote rejected (you are not allowed to upload merges) even though I allowed "Push merge commit"

Question

I've configured Gerrit to allow Push Merge Commit on my branch, but I still get the following error when I try to push a merge commit:

! [remote rejected] ANDROID-foo -> ANDROID-foo (you are not allowed to upload merges)

I'm running Gerrit 2.8-1-gaa9367b.

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 26 '19 at 13:47

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This is a bug in gerrit. The workaround is to create another reference named refs/for/refs/heads/<BRANCH_NAME>, and allow Push Merge Commit on it.

To be more specifically, add following lines in your project.config file

[access "refs/for/refs/*"]
  pushMerge = group <your-id-here>

edited Apr 26 '19 at 13:47

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answered Jan 18 '14 at 03:56

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Note `refs/for/refs/heads/`, i.e. plural 'heads' and not 'head'. – Magnus Bäck Jan 20 '14 at 19:31
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I do not understand how to do this. Can someone help ? – Charles Apr 10 '18 at 15:19
Sometimes I really hate gerrit for these long-standing bugs. Although I really like it, I can't really recommend it for enterprise use.. – sebkraemer Sep 11 '18 at 12:39

eis · Answer 2 · 2016-03-25T15:51:11.610

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Workaround which was more suitable for me as it doesn't involve knowing branches is to allow Push Merge Commit to refs/for/refs/heads/*. You probably won't want to be doing changing these for every branch specifically.

edited Mar 25 '16 at 15:51

answered Mar 25 '16 at 13:18

eis

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '18 at 11:20

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It worked for me by this way(after this link):

git stash
git pull --rebase
git push
git pull
git stash pop

answered Aug 29 '18 at 11:20

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"git pull --rebase" working here for me in such difficulty – vivi Apr 15 '19 at 16:32

score -3 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 29 '19 at 17:06

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First I reset the pointer to the commit of remote using soft mode, then I run

git add . 
git commit --amend
git push

It works for me. :)

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answered Dec 29 '19 at 15:26

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Gerrit: remote rejected (you are not allowed to upload merges) even though I allowed "Push merge commit"

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