Can't push to a new project in gitlab - commit message does not follow the pattern

Question

I am struggling to push a new project to a repo on GitLab. I have access to a repo which I don't administer but have full permissions I believe. It is only set up to use http access.

I have a noddy little project I'm trying to create a new project in the repository to share and I just can't seem to push it. I have tried creating the project through the browser (all seems fine, I am a member of the group and have been able to make myself master). I have tested that I can do a push to other projects in the repo.

I then locally have followed the instructions

cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin http://git.evo.r2-org.net:9443/IMS-Prototype/versionprototype.git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push -u origin master 

but whatever I do I get (in this case I have just 2 text files in there to avoid any other possible issues!). This message was taken after I tried making a new branch but I was getting the same message on master.

Counting objects: 4, done. Delta compression using up to 4 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done. Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 1.56 KiB | 1.56 MiB/s, done. Total 4 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) remote: GitLab: Commit message does not follow the pattern 'workitem\ \d+' To http://pathtoremote:9443/MyProject/project.git ! [remote rejected] develop -> develop (pre-receive hook declined) error: failed to push some refs to 'http://pathtoremote:9443/MyProject/project.git '

I don't think (!?) this is a permissions problem as I have permissions to clone and push back to other projects in the repo and permissions to create the project. So I'm totally at a loss now and wondered if this meant anything to anyone.

Answer 1

It looks as if this repository enforces rules regarding its commit messages. Your commit message must mention workitem <number>.

"Initial commit" does not match that pattern, hence the error message. You should maybe ask for the set of rules this repository enforces.