Git push error pre-receive hook declined

Question

I have run gitlabhq rails server on virtual machine, following 1-6 steps from this tutorial https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-recipes/blob/master/install/centos/README.md a

Answer 1

Might not be the case, but this was the solution to my "pre-receive hook declined" error:

There are some repositories that only allow modifications through Pull Request. This means that you have to

1. Create a new branch taking as base the branch that you want to push your changes to.
2. Commit and push your changes to the new branch.
3. Open a Pull Request to merge your branch with the original one.