Invisible pkgbase "radicle" prevents pushing — database intervention needed?
Hi, I am trying to push a pkgbase `radicle` consisting of one pkgname `radicle-node` (with the intention of subsequently asking the maintainer of `radicle-cli` to merge). There is no package `radicle` or `radicle-node` visible in the search or via direct URLs: https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle-node -> 404 However, I am unable to push `radicle` via Git: ``` $ git remote add origin https://aur.archlinux.org/radicle $ git push -u origin master To aur.archlinux.org:radicle ! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first) error: failed to push some refs to 'aur.archlinux.org:radicle' hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not hint: have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing to hint: the same ref. If you want to integrate the remote changes, use hint: 'git pull' before pushing again. hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details. ``` The PKGBUILD on the AUR server under this repo is severely out of date. Would it be possible for AUR admins to manually clean up this repo, so that I could push the package I intend to maintain? Thanks, -- Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /
Hey Ivan - Looks like the package was orphaned before in 2021: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-requests@lists.archlinux.org/t... The wiki suggests to pull and rebase. "Pull and rebase to resolve conflicts if pkgbase matches a deleted package." https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines Did you try doing that? Best, Eric On Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 2:47 PM Ivan Shapovalov <intelfx@intelfx.name> wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to push a pkgbase `radicle` consisting of one pkgname `radicle-node` (with the intention of subsequently asking the maintainer of `radicle-cli` to merge). There is no package `radicle` or `radicle-node` visible in the search or via direct URLs:
https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle-node -> 404
However, I am unable to push `radicle` via Git:
``` $ git remote add origin https://aur.archlinux.org/radicle
$ git push -u origin master To aur.archlinux.org:radicle ! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first) error: failed to push some refs to 'aur.archlinux.org:radicle' hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not hint: have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing to hint: the same ref. If you want to integrate the remote changes, use hint: 'git pull' before pushing again. hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details. ```
The PKGBUILD on the AUR server under this repo is severely out of date. Would it be possible for AUR admins to manually clean up this repo, so that I could push the package I intend to maintain?
Thanks, -- Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /
D'oh, I entirely forgot that the git repos of deleted packages remain on disk by design... -- Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx / On Sun, 2026-02-15 at 15:06 -0500, Eric wrote:
Hey Ivan -
Looks like the package was orphaned before in 2021: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-requests@lists.archlinux.org/t...
The wiki suggests to pull and rebase.
"Pull and rebase to resolve conflicts if pkgbase matches a deleted package." https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines
Did you try doing that?
Best, Eric
On Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 2:47 PM Ivan Shapovalov <intelfx@intelfx.name> wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to push a pkgbase `radicle` consisting of one pkgname `radicle-node` (with the intention of subsequently asking the maintainer of `radicle-cli` to merge). There is no package `radicle` or `radicle-node` visible in the search or via direct URLs:
https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle-node -> 404
However, I am unable to push `radicle` via Git:
``` $ git remote add origin https://aur.archlinux.org/radicle
$ git push -u origin master To aur.archlinux.org:radicle ! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first) error: failed to push some refs to 'aur.archlinux.org:radicle' hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not hint: have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing to hint: the same ref. If you want to integrate the remote changes, use hint: 'git pull' before pushing again. hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details. ```
The PKGBUILD on the AUR server under this repo is severely out of date. Would it be possible for AUR admins to manually clean up this repo, so that I could push the package I intend to maintain?
Thanks, -- Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /
On 15.02.2026 20:46, Ivan Shapovalov wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to push a pkgbase `radicle` consisting of one pkgname `radicle-node` (with the intention of subsequently asking the maintainer of `radicle-cli` to merge). There is no package `radicle` or `radicle-node` visible in the search or via direct URLs:
https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle -> 404 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/radicle-node -> 404
However, I am unable to push `radicle` via Git:
``` $ git remote add origin https://aur.archlinux.org/radicle
$ git push -u origin master To aur.archlinux.org:radicle ! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first) error: failed to push some refs to 'aur.archlinux.org:radicle' hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not hint: have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing to hint: the same ref. If you want to integrate the remote changes, use hint: 'git pull' before pushing again. hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
Apparently, a package of that name once existed in the AUR. The Git repository usually remains in place when a package is deleted. [1] [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository#Why_has_foo_disappeare...
The PKGBUILD on the AUR server under this repo is severely out of date. Would it be possible for AUR admins to manually clean up this repo, so that I could push the package I intend to maintain?
Pull, edit or replace files with the ones you've already got, commit, then push. cheers -david
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David Adler
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Eric
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Ivan Shapovalov