I tested some changes that lead to a dead end. The changes need to be removed. The changes were added in 7 commits. I went back in time to the point before the changes: $ git reset --hard HEAD~7 HEAD is now at 559fc3b Fix benchmark selection code (GH #464) When I attempted to push: $ git push Username for 'https://github.com': noloader To https://github.com/noloader/cryptopp.git ! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast-forward) I tried to commit, but Git claims there's nothing to add: $ git commit On branch master Your branch is behind 'origin/master' by 7 commits, and can be fast-forwarded. Commit seems to be the wrong command as Git appears to be trying to do something I don't want. How do I force the push to succeed? Thanks in advance.