Gerrit: Permission error "use a SHA1 visible to you, or get update permission on the ref" or "You need 'Create' rights to create new references." when using git-review ≤1.26
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	Jun 29 2020, 6:08 PM

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If you're using git-review < 1.27, and seeing error messages like

remote: error: branch refs/publish/master:
remote: use a SHA1 visible to you, or get update permission on the ref
remote: User: <redacted>
remote: Contact an administrator to fix the permissions

remote: error: branch refs/publish/master:
remote: You need 'Create' rights to create new references.
remote: User: <redacted>
remote: Contact an administrator to fix the permissions

Upgrade your installed git-review. You need at least version 1.27.

(git-review relies on being able to push to refs/publish/... which got removed in Gerrit some time ago)

Upstream https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/gerrit/+/274274

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Bump gerrit.war to Gerrit 3.2.2-102-g3bbb138e13	operations/software/gerrit	deploy/wmf/stable-3.2	+1 -1

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MSantos created this task.Jun 29 2020, 6:08 PM

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MSantos added a subscriber: Legoktm.Jun 29 2020, 6:08 PM

MSantos added a project: Gerrit.Jun 29 2020, 6:14 PM

You need to update git-review to at least 1.27. git-review 1.26 or lower is not supported.

Paladox closed this task as Invalid.Jun 29 2020, 6:19 PM

QChris added a parent task: T254158: Gerrit 3.2 upgrade.Jun 29 2020, 6:28 PM

MSantos renamed this task from Permission error with gerrit after version update to gerrit: Permission error with gerrit after version update.Jun 29 2020, 6:31 PM

Aklapper renamed this task from gerrit: Permission error with gerrit after version update to Gerrit: Permission error "use a SHA1 visible to you, or get update permission on the ref" when using git-review ≤1.26.Jun 29 2020, 7:05 PM

Aklapper removed a project: MediaWiki-Gerrit-Group-Requests.

Since this seems to be happening again and again, @Legoktm and I suggested a change Upstream at https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/gerrit/+/274274 to hint users at upgrading their git-review

QChris renamed this task from Gerrit: Permission error "use a SHA1 visible to you, or get update permission on the ref" when using git-review ≤1.26 to Gerrit: Permission error "use a SHA1 visible to you, or get update permission on the ref" or "You need 'Create' rights to create new references." when using git-review ≤1.26.Jul 3 2020, 9:11 AM

QChris updated the task description. (Show Details)

Change 609590 had a related patch set uploaded (by QChris; owner: Christian Aistleitner):
[operations/software/gerrit@deploy/wmf/stable-3.2] Bump gerrit.war to Gerrit 3.2.2-102-g3bbb138e13

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/609590

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 5 2020, 9:24 PM

Change 609590 merged by QChris:
[operations/software/gerrit@deploy/wmf/stable-3.2] Bump gerrit.war to Gerrit 3.2.2-102-g3bbb138e13

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/609590

QChris mentioned this in rGERRITDEPLOYc8c1c9a8473a: Bump gerrit.war to Gerrit 3.2.2-102-g3bbb138e13.Jul 5 2020, 9:38 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jul 5 2020, 10:10 PM

We've just deployed the above change that hints towards updating git-review when pushing to refs/publish/...

Error messages are now:

remote: error: branch refs/publish/master:
remote: If you are using git-review, update to at least git-review 1.27. Otherwise:
remote: use a SHA1 visible to you, or get update permission on the ref
remote: User: <redacted>
remote: Contact an administrator to fix the permissions

and

remote: error: branch refs/publish/master:
remote: If you are using git-review, update to at least git-review 1.27. Otherwise:
remote: You need 'Create' rights to create new references.
remote: User: <redacted>
remote: Contact an administrator to fix the permissions

This will hopefully help people to see that they need to upgrade their git-review.

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