[git] Git - remote: Repository not found

I have SourceTree with local working copy. And all operations work good, I can simple fetch, push, pull and etc via SourceTree. I just needed to make force push which does not exist in SourceTree.

I opened terminal made git push -f

remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/MyRepo/project.git/' not found

I am not sure what can be an issue.

I also had that issue. To solve that I: 1. Moved my local .dotfiles away to _.dotfiles_bak 2. Cloned my remote git repository 3. Copied all my files from _.dotfiles_bak to .dotfiles - except the .git folder 3. Then I could work locally again: Editing, committing and pushing

It is probably a matter of authentication. SourceTree caches your github credentials (that are used to access the repository by https) but from terminal you have to either configure git with the credentials (https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use/) or use git+ssh and a ssh key pair (https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/).

I'm seeing this fatal: repository not found error more often now as people try and push and pull from private GitHub accounts on the free tier. These are the most common solutions to the problem:

• You did not authenticate
• Your password has changed
• You are not a collaborator
• Incorrect case or a word misspelled
• The git repository has been deleted

Windows Credentials Manager?

Sometimes Windows Credentials Manager caches your u/p and passes it along behind the scenes. If you've changed your password recently, or are using a different username, you might need to go into the credentials manager and clear your existing entries for GitHub.

This issue here is you local git is not able to push the changes to the remote Check your remote is set correctly by

git remote -v

if it is not set properly try setting your remote as

git remote set-url origin https://[email protected]/MyRepo/project.git

Then try pushing using

git push -u origin master

Also there is a possibility of your local git has different credentials, please check that also.

Because you probably did not identify the remote git repository to your terminal first.

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/MyRepo/project.git

and then,

git add .
git commit -m "force push"
git push origin master --force

in my case, i cannot clone github due to user is wrong.

go to ~/.gitconfig then try to remove this line of code (just delete it then save file).

[user]
    name = youruser
    email = [email protected]

or try to use one liner in your cmd or terminal : git config --global --remove-section user

and try to do git clone again. hope it'll fix your day. ><

So your url currently looks like this below

https://github.com/RevanthM/Log_Monitoring

It needs to look like this

https://[email protected]/RevanthM/Log_Monitoring

The difference is at the beginning of the url i added my github username followed by a @ symbol.

You can try deleting the .git file in the directory and doing everything again will fix your problem!

Check if the url s.source is correct.

Example for me

// fail Project>>t<<est

s.source = { :git => '.../Projecttest-iOS', :tag => s.version.to_s }

// success    Project>>T<<est
s.source = { :git => '.../ProjectTest-iOS', :tag => s.version.to_s }

For my team it was a permissions issue. In the GitHub settings, it was set to Read mode for all members in our team. Once we changed the drop down to Write, we were all able to clone and push back successfully.

Disable GIT credential has helped me:

git config --global --unset credential.helper

• Could happen if you have no write access but only read.

• If it's a private repository you should be added as a collaborator.

• Check your credentials are correct.

Git won't actually say these things, it would just say that with your credentials no repo was found.

Good luck.

I had the same issue after I set up 2FA on my repo. If you recently set up 2FA on your account, here's what I did to solve it:

Generate a personal access token

Go to Settings -> Developer Settings -> Personal Access Tokens on your GitHub account. Generate a new personal access token. Make sure to check all repo-access related permissions.

Delete all GitHub authentication configuration (from keychain for Mac)

You'll need to sign in afresh using the generated Personal Access Token, so clear all previous authentication details from your laptop. For mac, open keychain and delete all github.com related details from the login/passwords section.

Sign in to your terminal with your GitHub username and PAT as password.

If you've set up 2FA on your account, you won't be able to authenticate using your GitHub password from the terminal. Now, attempt to push to a GitHub repo to trigger a need for authentication. A request to enter your GitHub username will pop up on your terminal. Enter your username, and when prompted for a password, use the generated Personal Access Token as password.

These exact steps solved the problem for me.

This message can occur when a repository IS found, but we don't have commit access. Not well-worded!

I received the repo-not-found message after cloning a gitHub repository created for me by my boss. I could clone and commit locally, but could not push commits upstream. The repository owner had not given me write access. Solved by a plea for write access to the repo owner.

I was also facing the same issue

remote: Repository not found
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/MyRepo/project.git/' not found

I uninstalled the git credentials manager and reinstalled it and then I could easily pull and push to the repository. Here are the commands

$ git credential-manager uninstall

$ git credential-manager install

I was trying to clone a repo and was facing this issue, I tried removing all git related credentials from windows credentials manager after that while trying to clone git was asking me for my credentials and failing with error invalid username or password. This was happening because the repo I was trying to clone was under an organization on github and that organization had two factor auth enabled and git bash probably do not know how to handle 2fa. So I generated a token from https://github.com/settings/tokens and used the github token instead of password while trying to clone the repo and that worked.

You might be logged in with some other GitHub credentials before. Exactly that's why this error is happening.

Usually, mac is storing your GitHub credential to the keychain access tool. Your previous git account details are there. So it is getting mismatched with your current git repo which is in other accounts.

The solution is simple and straight forward,

1. Go to keychain access in your mac.
2. On the left side under the category you can find all items. Click that.
3. Right side top search "git".
4. You will get some items regarding Github.
5. Delete all those items.

That's it, here you go.

Try to push again. It will ask you the git username and password. Your new credentials will be stored again in the keychain and your push will be done.

Hurray!

Revert back to me, If you need more help.

Thanks

For Mac

Open KeyChain Access and find your pssword account on password category ( you can search it on top right keychain access page)

when you find it , delete all keys related to your git source control. and try it again

I was facing this error in VS code because I was using VS code git extension. It saves my git credentials on Linux key-ring. While I wanted to git pull from another account which has access to the repository. The most simple solution is to open the Linux shell (not the one integrated in VS code) and then run:

git pull origin master

This time, it will ask you the username and password of Github.

For Linux users:

git remote rm origin

git remote add origin https://GITHUB_USERNAME:[email protected]/username/reponame.git

I had the same issue and found out that I had another key file in ~/.ssh for a different GitHub repository. Somehow it was used instead of the new one.

Executing git remote update works for me.

If you are using Git Desktop application than you should try to push and pull form git desktop app instead of terminal. It will help you.

I had the same issue

It was resolved by checking the http.proxy value in git config (mine was incorrect and unwanted), Hence I removed http.proxy value from git config

commands:

List down the config items in the file

git config --list

Remove the proxy

git config --global --unset http.proxy

The problem was solved!

Solution for this -

Problem -

$ git clone https://github.com/abc/def.git
Cloning into 'def'...
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/abc/def.git/' not found

Solution - uninstall the credential manager -

abc@DESKTOP-4B77L5B MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs
$ git credential-manager uninstall

abc@DESKTOP-4B77L5B MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs
$ git credential-manager install

It works....

In my case none solution above worked.

I solved it by switching remote.origin.url from https to ssh:

verify git configuration:

git config --list

should be like:

...
remote.origin.url=https://github.com/ORG/repo-name.git
...

update remote.origin.url with ssh to be used:

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:ORG/repo-name.git

I solved it by deleting the .git file (hidden folder) and then uploading it again.

If you are on windows got to control pannel -> windows Credentials then remove github credential from generic credential option. Then try to clone

On Windows:

1. Go to .git folder
2. Open 'config' file using notepad or any other editor
3. Change your URL from https://github.com/username/repo_name.git to https://username:[email protected]/username/repo_name.git

Save and Push the code, it will work.

This happens when the repository, team name or username changes.
There is one solution (that I know): revert the repository name.

I'm facing same issue and resolving through

git add .

git commit -m "message"

git remote set-url origin https://[email protected]/aceofwings/RotairERP.git

then

git pull

In our case it was simply a case of giving write rights in github. Initially the user had only read rights and it was giving this error.

Please find below the working solution for Windows:

1. Open Control Panel from the Start menu.
2. Select User Accounts.
3. Select the "Credential Manager".
4. Click on "Manage Windows Credentials".
5. Delete any credentials related to Git or GitHub.
6. Once you deleted all then try to clone again.

The problem here is windows credentials manager, Please goto control panel and search for credentials manager and delete all contents of it regarding github

You are probably trying to push to a private repository. In that case, you will have to ask the admin for Collaborator access to be authenticated.

On Mac

If you are trying to clone the repo.... Then this problem is may occur because you don't have repo present in the github account present in Keychain Access. For resolution try to clone with the account name like

git clone https://[email protected]/org/repo.git

Replace

• username with your GitHub username
• org with yours organisation name
• repo with repository name

Remove the all github.com credential details from the system.

For mac

Delete the github.com password from the Keychain Access.

For window

Delete the credentials from Credential Manager.