Terminal
! [rejected] main -> main (non-fast-forward) — error: failed to push some refs
- What it means
- GitHub has newer commits that aren't on your computer yet, so Git stopped the push to protect you from overwriting them.
- Likely causes
- A pull request was merged on GitHub (or you worked on another computer) since your last pull.
- Pushing directly to
maininstead of pulling first or working on a feature branch.
- Prevention
- Pull at the start of every session and build each task on its own branch.
Copy for your agent
GitHub rejected my push with `non-fast-forward`. Pull the remote changes first, explain any conflict in plain words before resolving it, and push again. Never force-push.
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