How do I do an initial push to a remote repository with Git

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I ve read through countless tutorials and I keep coming up short  Here s what I ve got   I m running RubyMine on my Windows desktop I ve installed Git on my WebFaction hosting account per their instructions Git appears to be working fine on both machines  Here s what I m doing   On server   mkdir project git init git add   git commit       gt  nothing to commit   On client   Create new project in RubyMine Git init in top directory of project Push changes to server     gt  failed to push some refs to       What steps am I missing

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You need to set up the remote repository on your client   git remote add origin ssh   myserver com path to project

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You have to add at least one file to the repository before committing  e g   gitignore

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If your project doesn t have an upstream branch  that is if this is the very first time the remote repository is going to know about the branch created in your local repository the following command should work   git push --set-upstream origin  lt branch-name gt

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You can try this   on Server   adding new group to  etc group like  example   mygroup 1001 michael nir   create new git repository   mkdir  srv git cd  srv git mkdir project dir cd project dir git --bare init  initial git repository   chgrp -R mygroup objects  refs   change owner of directory   chmod -R g w objects  refs   give permission write    on Client   mkdir my project cd my project touch  gitignore git init git add   git commit -m  Initial commit  git remote add origin youruser yourserver com  path to my project git git push origin master    Thanks Josh Lindsey for client side   after Client  do on Server this commands   cd  srv git project dir chmod -R g w objects  refs    If got this error after git pull   There is no tracking information for the current branch  Please specify which branch you want to merge with  See git-pull 1  for details  git pull  lt remote gt   lt branch gt  If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with   git branch --set-upstream new origin  lt branch gt    try   git push -u origin master   It will help

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I am aware there are existing answers which solves the problem  For those who are new to git  As of 02 11 2021  The default branch in git is  quot main quot  not  quot master quot  branch  The command will be git push -u origin main

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Josh Lindsey already answered perfectly fine  But I want to add some information since I often use ssh   Therefore just change   git remote add origin youruser yourserver com  path to my project git   to   git remote add origin ssh   youruser yourserver com path to my project   Note that the colon between domain and path isn t there anymore

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On server   mkdir my project git cd my project git git --bare init   On client   mkdir my project cd my project touch  gitignore git init git add   git commit -m  Initial commit  git remote add origin youruser yourserver com  path to my project git git push origin master   Note that when you add the origin  there are several formats and schemas you could use  I recommend you see what your hosting service provides

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