Git error src refspec master does not match any

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I need to create a repo named carboncake   I tried this   Cloned the gitosis-admin repository to my local machine    git clone gitosis myserver net repositories gitosis-admin git   cd gitosis-admin   vim gitosis conf   Added the  repo carboncake  and  group carboncake  section to the end of the file   gitosis    group team  writable   sweepshots members   git id rsa   group gitosis-admin  writable   gitosis-admin members   git id rsa   repo carboncake  description   A brand new app by Mithun  owner   Mithun P   group carboncake  writable   myappname members   mithun  core   Then copied the pub key file generated by Putty  I m using Git basg for Windows     cp  some where mithun pub keydir mithun pub  Executed the following commands     git add gitosis conf keydir mithun pub   git commit -m  Added  carboncake  repository and  mithun  user      git pull --rebase   git push   But it doesn t create any carboncake git in My Server   So I followed this   Executed the following commands on the server     su gitosis    git init --bare  srv gitosis repositories carboncake git   Here s my problem    I tried to checkout clone the new repository from my local machine    mkdir carboncake   cd carboncake   git init    touch a text file txt    git add a text file txt    git remote add origin gitosis myserver net repositories carboncake git   git push origin master   Which returned the error   error  src refspec master does not match any  fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly error  failed to push some refs to  gitosis myserver net repositories carboncake git    When I tried git push origin HEAD master it returned the error   error  src refspec HEAD does not match any  fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly error  failed to push some refs to  gitosis myserver net repositories carboncake git    When I tried git push origin master refs heads master it returned the error   error  src refspec master does not match any  fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly error  failed to push some refs to  gitosis myserver net repositories carboncake git    git show-ref on the local machine does not display anything  Also  srv gitosis repositories carboncake git refs heads  directory on the server is empty   How can I fix this

User · Accepted Answer

You ve created a new repository and added some files to the index  but you haven t created your first commit yet   After you ve done    git add a text file txt        do    git commit -m  Initial commit         and those errors should go away

User · Answer

The quick possible answer  When you first successfully clone an empty git repository  the origin has no master branch  So the first time you have a commit to push you must do   git push origin master   Which will create this new master branch for you  Little things like this are very confusing with git   If this didn t fix your issue then it s probably a gitolite-related issue   Your conf file looks strange  There should have been an example conf file that came with your gitolite  Mine looks like this   repo    phonegap                                                                                                                                                                                RW          myusername otherusername                                                                                                                                                 repo    gitolite-admin                                                                                                                                                                              RW          myusername                                                                                                                                                                  Please make sure you re setting your conf file correctly   Gitolite actually replaces the gitolite user s account with a modified shell that doesn t accept interactive terminal sessions  You can see if gitolite is working by trying to ssh into your box using the gitolite user account  If it knows who you are it will say something like  Hi XYZ  you have access to the following repositories  X  Y  Z  and then close the connection  If it doesn t know you  it will just close the connection   Lastly  after your first git push failed on your local machine you should never resort to creating the repo manually on the server  We need to know why your git push failed initially  You can cause yourself and gitolite more confusion when you don t use gitolite exclusively once you ve set it up

[git] Git error: src refspec master does not match any

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