Why is git push gerrit HEAD refs for master used instead of git push origin master

Question

I ve just started using gerrit and I want to know why we need to do git push gerrit HEAD refs for master instead of doing git push origin master  If I do git push origin master I get the error saying    remote rejected  master - gt  master  prohibited by Gerrit

User · Answer

In order to avoid having to fully specify the git push command you could alternatively modify your git config file:

[remote "gerrit"]
    url = https://your.gerrit.repo:44444/repo
    fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master
    push = refs/heads/master:refs/for/master

Now you can simply:

git fetch gerrit
git push gerrit

This is according to Gerrit

User · Answer

The documentation for Gerrit  in particular the  Push changes  section  explains that you push to the  magical refs for  branch  ref using any Git client tool    The following image is taken from the Intro to Gerrit  When you push to Gerrit  you do git push gerrit HEAD refs for  lt BRANCH gt   This pushes your changes to the staging area  in the diagram   Pending Changes    Gerrit doesn t actually have a branch called  lt BRANCH gt   it lies to the git client    Internally  Gerrit has its own implementation for the Git and SSH stacks  This allows it to provide the  magical  refs for  lt BRANCH gt  refs       When a push request is received to create a ref in one of these namespaces Gerrit performs its own logic to update the database  and then lies to the client about the result of the operation  A successful result causes the client to believe that Gerrit has created the ref  but in reality Gerrit hasn   t created the ref at all   Link - Gerrit   Gritty Details         After a successful patch  i e  the patch has been pushed to Gerrit   putting it into the  Pending Changes  staging area   reviewed  and the review has passed   Gerrit pushes the change from the  Pending Changes  into the  Authoritative Repository   calculating which branch to push it into based on the magic it did when you pushed to refs for  lt BRANCH gt   This way  successfully reviewed patches can be pulled directly from the correct branches of the Authoritative Repository

[git] Why is git push gerrit HEAD:refs/for/master used instead of git push origin master

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