Git push error origin does not appear to be a git repository

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I am following the instructions given here to create a Git repository  All went well until the last line       git push -u origin master        fatal   origin  does not appear to be a git repository   fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly   I m using git version 1 7 11 3 on OS X 10 6 8    git remote -v     returns nothing  Config file for the repository      core  repositoryformatversion   0   filemode   true   bare   false logallrefupdates   true   ignorecase   true     I ve had to open sudoers file using sudo visudo command and add the following to it  under   User privilege specification      git ALL  ALL  ALL      Now if I do       git remote add origin  Volumes 500GB git-repository myproject git     it comes back with no error  but I don t see any code in the repository  it has the aforementioned directories like branches  hooks          If I do     git push -u origin master   fatal   origin  does not appear to be a git repository fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly    git remote -v    origin  Volumes 500GB git-repository myproject git  fetch       origin  Volumes 500GB git-repository myproject git  push

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my case was a little different - unintentionally I have changed owner of git repository  project git directory in my case   changing owner back to the git user helped

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I ll still share my short answer humbly  knowing that I m super late to answer this question   Here s  a simple and clean explanation that solved my issue  Also  since I was using the SSH key I used the following command      git remote add origin git github com  your-username   your-remote-repo-branch    for instance it would look like      git remote add origin git github com aniketrb-github microservices git   If you are using the HTTPS URL  refer to the answer provided by  sunny-jim above   Do correct me if I m wrong  Thanks

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Most likely the remote repository doesn t exist or you have added the wrong one    You have to first remove the origin and re-add it   git remote remove origin git remote add origin https   github com username repository

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When you create a repository in bitbucket org  it gives you instructions on how to set up your local directory   Chances are  you just forgot to run the code     git remote add origin https   username bitbucket org username reponame git

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Here is how I resolved this issue  Go to the remote repository on Github and copy the project s repository url   On git bash type  git remote add origin the remote repository url goes here

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If you are on HTTPS do this-  git remote add origin URL TO YOUR REPO

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To resolving this problem I just create a new folder and put some new files Then use these commond     git add     git commit    git remote add master  your address    then it tells me to login in  To input your username and password  after that  git pull  git push origin master   finished you have pushed your code to your github

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As it has already been mentioned in che s answer about adding the remote part  which I believe you are still missing   Regarding your edit for adding remote on your local USB drive  First of all you must have a  bare repository  if you want your repository to be a shared repository i e  to be able to push pull fetch merge etc    To create a bare shared repository  go to your desired location  In your case     cd  Volumes 500gb       git init --bare myproject git   See here for more info on creating bare repository  Once you have a bare repository set up in your desired location you can now add it to your working copy as a remote     git remote add origin  Volumes 500gb myproject git   And now you can push your changes to your repository    git push origin master

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Setting remote repository URL worked for me   git remote set-url origin https   github com path-to-repo MyRepo git

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I had this problem cause i had already origin remote defined locally   So just change  origin  into another name   git remote add originNew https   github com UAwebM     git push -u originNew   or u can remove your local origin   to check your remote name type   git remote  to remove remote - log in your clone repository and type   git remote remove origin depending on your remote s name

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Here are the instructions from github   touch README md git init git add README md git commit -m  first commit  git remote add origin https   github com tqisjim google-oauth git git push -u origin master   Here s what actually worked   touch README md git init git add README md git commit -m  first commit  git remote add origin https   github com tqisjim google-oauth git git clone origin master   After cloning  then the push command succeeds by prompting for a username and password

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May be you forgot to run  git --bare init  on the remote  That was my problem

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Your config file does not include any references to  origin  remote  That section looks like this    remote  origin       url   git foo com repository git     fetch    refs heads   refs remotes origin     You need to add the remote using git remote add before you can use it

[git] Git push error: "origin does not appear to be a git repository"

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