error: hook declined to update refs/heads/external_pub while pushing a branch

Question

Currently, I'm working on 'external_pub' branch. I made few changes in one file, added it, committed & then tried to push:

git push origin external_pub

But this was resulted into an error:

remote: error: hook declined to update refs/heads/external_pub
To ssh://XXX/testing.git
! [remote rejected] external_pub -> external_pub (hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://XXX/testing.git'

Then I tried to push branch without any change to see what happens(just for isolating issue). I did following:

git reset --hard <commit_id> (to reset to last working sha commit)
git status

Above command showed:

# On branch external_pub
# Your branch is ahead of 'development' by 5 commits.
#
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

Then

git pull origin external_pub

It showed: your branch is already upto date

Then

git push origin external_pub

This time also, it showed the same error as above. Could you please help me to solve this?

1615903 · Answer 1 · 2013-05-22T11:54:25.683

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There's a git hook on the server that rejected the push. Quoting:

These scripts run before and after pushes to the server. The pre hooks can exit non-zero at any time to reject the push as well as print an error message back to the client; you can set up a push policy that’s as complex as you wish.

To find out why, you need to know what the hook does. Hooks are stored in hooks folder inside the git folder (on the remote end) - find the pre-receive hook or update hook and examine that.

edited May 22 '13 at 11:54

answered May 22 '13 at 11:43

1615903

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In my .git/hooks folder, there is no pre-receive.sample, I've post-receive.sample – Alpha May 22 '13 at 11:52
It should be on the remote, not on your local repo. – 1615903 May 22 '13 at 11:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '14 at 05:27

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In OSX its usually caused by missing GEM's between brew ruby install and Apple ruby 2.0 (default).

An include 'require json/ext/parser' or similar add-on is not found and exceptions at the require point.

answered Jul 10 '14 at 05:27

user68991

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 12 '18 at 09:56

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I resolved this issue. Normally I use VSTSID (Visual Studio Team Services) in message while committing code. Use the steps below:

git commit --amend (now its time to edit your commit message)
git commit -m "vs[your_vsts_id]-your_commit_message>" then press
i(keyboard button)
Esc(keyboard button)
:wq(to save)

After that you will be able to push(git push).

If you still facing the issue, type git reset --soft HEAD^ in git bash. Now you can see all your files in green color. It means, files are again ready for commit. Depending on your requirement, you can use reset (git reset) command as well.

edited Feb 12 '18 at 09:56

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answered Feb 12 '18 at 09:06

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to reset use git reset HEAD~ https://remarkablemark.org/blog/2017/09/19/revert-file-after-commit/ – Raj Kumar Mishra Mar 03 '20 at 11:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 04 '19 at 16:05

In case you are using Redmine Git Hosting, check your projet permissions Manager role has been assigned to the user that is trying to rewrite his/her git's tracking references.

Please note that I am assuming you are aware on git push -force impact on the other users that may be sharing the same remote branch. For further details, check this article

error: hook declined to update refs/heads/external_pub while pushing a branch

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