[Lilypond-auto] Issue 2590 in lilypond: GUB release instructions fail for upload

[lilypond]

Status: Accepted
Owner: ----
Labels: Type-Critical

New issue 2590 by address@hidden: GUB release instructions fail  
for upload
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2590

these instructions currently fail:

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git checkout origin/staging
git merge origin/release/unstable
vi VERSION
git commit -m "Release: bump version." VERSION
git push origin HEAD:staging
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address@hidden:~/src/lilypond ((74b5965...))$ git push origin  
HEAD:staging
To ssh://address@hidden/srv/git/lilypond.git
 ! [rejected]        HEAD -> staging (non-fast-forward)
error: failed to push some refs  
to 'ssh://address@hidden/srv/git/lilypond.git'
To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected
Merge the remote changes before pushing again.  See the 'Note about
fast-forwards' section of 'git push --help' for details.