Git Push Failed - 'push would result in a non fast forward-update'

Question

In netbeans, while pushing the project at remote(Git), I am getting the error 'push would result in a non fast forward-update'

Have you Googled for that error? Git has been around for a long time; certainly you are not the first person to ever encounter this problem. — Jonathon Reinhart, Nov 30 '14 at 07:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

Don't forget to update first your Netbeans: bug 238398 shows that, starting NB8+, the error message is more explicit (revision 2a7a1c67f8ea):

Instead of

Push would result in a non fast-forward update.
Open output to see more information.

It now says:

Remote repository contains commits unmerged into the local branch.\n"
Do you want to pull the remote changes first?

That will help you trigger a git pull (as suggested here), needed before attempting a push again.

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