well that did not help

project.config

diff --git a/project.config b/project.config
index dc9f274..e6bba3c 100644
--- a/project.config
+++ b/project.config
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 	requireSignedOffBy = false
 	requireChangeId = true
 	createNewChangeForAllNotInTarget = false
-	denyNonFastForwards = false
 [accounts]
 	sameGroupVisibility = deny group contributed-in-past
 	sameGroupVisibility = deny group google/google-union:signcla