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Bug 423529

Summary:	User mkuppe needs push force rights for org.eclipse.ecf.git
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Markus Kuppe <bugs.eclipse.org>
Component:	Git	Assignee:	Eclipse Webmaster <webmaster>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	slewis, thanh.ha
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Markus Kuppe

2013-12-08 09:36:58 EST

Trying to delete a (remote) branch fails with the following errors. Seems I need extra permissions.

mkuppe@foo:/usr/local/src/ECF/org.eclipse.ecf(master) $ git push origin :change/18618/2
remote: Branch refs/heads/change/18618/2:
remote: You need 'Push' rights with the 'Force Push'
remote: flag set to delete references.
remote: User: mkuppe
remote: Please read the documentation and contact an administrator
remote: if you feel the configuration is incorrect
remote: Processing changes: refs: 1, done    
To ssh://git.eclipse.org:29418/ecf/org.eclipse.ecf.git
 ! [remote rejected] change/18618/2 (cannot delete references)
error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://git.eclipse.org:29418/ecf/org.eclipse.ecf.git'

Comment 1 Thanh Ha

2013-12-09 09:33:04 EST

This is on purpose. We prefer to not give out "force push" as a measure to have some tracking for when branches are deleted. Instead opening a bug and listing which branches you'd like deleted is the recommended route. Can you list which branches you'd like us to remove in this bug?


Scott, since you're the project lead for this project can you also +1 this request after Markus lists the branches to be deleted?

Comment 2 Markus Kuppe

2013-12-09 09:39:06 EST

change/18618/2
change/18618/9

Comment 3 Thanh Ha

2014-01-24 11:12:48 EST

Scott, any updates?

Comment 4 Scott Lewis

2014-01-24 13:24:22 EST

+1

Comment 5 Thanh Ha

2014-01-24 13:25:50 EST

Removed:

change/18618/2	2179a6a7d594d3f617c085b514b86737f034767f
change/18618/9	0d979a66cca73301a9a31fb1cbf687fee3f9fc84