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Error on `git push` to Bitbucket is `! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)`

My git push to my remote Bitbucket server failed with:

! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)

I think it's a different issue than this (remote rejected master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)), and many people are facing the same issue, so I am posting a new question here.

My friend added me on bitbucket.org as an admin so that I can help on his project. So, I wanted to start by pulling the latest code to my local computer.

Steps I followed:

Go to empty folder
git init
git remote -v (this gives nothing)
git remote add origin <path to git repo>
git remote add master <path to git repo>
git remote -v (this show both with fetch and push in brackets)
git fetch origin master
git pull origin master (I have latest code now, all files and folders)
touch test (lets test a "test" commit)
git status
git add .
git commit -m "testing, first commit"
git push origin master

error:

Counting objects: 4, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 274 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: permission denied to update branch master
To '<repo path>'
 ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to '<repo path>'

Solution

It looks like the branch management (one of the admin settings) in bitbucket has been configured to only allow certain people to push directly to master.

Try creating a branch - git checkout -b test, create your test commit and push git push origin test:test. You can always cleanly delete this branch once you have completed the test.

The other option (probably best agreeing with whoever set this up) is you go to bitbucket and head to admin, branch management and remove master be too limited. cf - https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Branch+management