Currently the JPRT configuration explicitly fails a job if a merge is needed when a push is about to be performed (after the tests have all completed successfully). However, since the frequency of direct pushes made without using JPRT has increased we are seeing many JPRT jobs fail at integration time.

The the direct pushes are by definition only pushing changes to code which is not built/tested in JPRT this check should be relaxed to allow the merge, and if the automatic merge is successful the push should be allowed.