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binpatch PR branch protection: Safety ruleset blocks force-push

Category: gotcha
Confidence: 0.90
ID: 019fb4db-d868-7ba2-9e84-d35d728fad06
Project ID: 54d50d32-8b5f-41b9-91dd-4473e4ccdbfd
Cross-project: No
Recalled in other projects: 1
Source session: 15RoSYqPKRifRJ68q
Created: 2026-07-30 20:53:08
Updated: 2026-07-30 21:08:54

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Trap: pushing to an existing branch with an open PR on BYK/binpatch fails with branch protection error — looks like a CI flake but is the Safety ruleset (id 19826419) requiring test + pull_request + non_fast_forward + required_linear_history status checks. Fix: create a fresh branch per commit cycle (e.g., docs/any-binary-rebrand-v3) and open a new PR — do_not_enforce_on_create: true exempts the first push to a new branch. Confirmed via PR #36 cycle: after the initial push, subsequent pushes that overwrite remote history may also be rejected if the branch is stale; force-push succeeds. Three replacement branches used in binpatch docs session: -v (PR #34, closed), -v2 (PR #35, closed), -v3 (PR #36, current).

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