Push origin master error on new repository

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I just started using git with github  I followed their instructions and ran into errors on the last step  I m checking in an existing directory that isn t currently source-controlled  project about a week old   Other than that  my use case should be pretty run of the mill   Here s what s happening     git push origin master error  src refspec master does not match any  fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly error  failed to push some refs to  git github com  username   projectname  git    Github s instructions   Global setup     Download and install Git   git config --global user name  Your Name    git config --global user email  username  gmail com  Next steps     mkdir projectname   cd projectname   git init   touch README   git add README   git commit -m  first commit    git remote add origin git github com  username   projectname  git   git push origin master

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The error message leads to the conclusion that you do not have a master branch in your local repository  Either push your main development branch  git push origin my-local-master master which will rename it to master on github  or make a commit first  You can not push a completely empty repository

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This is very old question but for all new people who will end up here like me  This solution is only for   error  src refspec master does not match any    error for new repo created  You need to add your   git config user email  your email  git config user name  name    Only after adding email and name add files to git and commit  git add   git commit -m  message    It will work like charm

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I was having same problem error I was doing git push -u origin master instead i just did git push origin master and it worked

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Before the first commit  try add some file like readme txt  This will  force  the remote repo create the branch master in case that not exists  It s worked to me

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had the same issue a minute ago and then fixed it  create a repository in github called wordpress     cd wordpress git init git add -A git commit -am    WordPress 3 1 3  or any message git remote add origin git github com  username  wordpress git git push -u origin master   this should work to resolve the refspec issue

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I had same issue  I had mistakenly created directory in machine in lower case  Once changed the case   the problem solved but wasted my 1 5 hrs      Check it out your directory name and remote repo name is same

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cd  app   git init   git status   touch  test   git add     git commit  -a  -m message to log     git commit  -a  -m  message to log    git remote add origin    git remote add origin git git google net cherry   git push origin master refs heads master  git clone git git google net cherry test1

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I have this error too  i put a commit for not push empty project like a lot of people do but doesn t work  The problem was the ssl  y put the next     git config --system http sslverify false   And after that everything works fine        git push origin master

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I just encountered this problem  and it seemed to be caused by my not adding a custom commit message above the default commit message  I figured  why write  initial commit   when it clearly says that very same thing in the Git-generated text below it     The problem resolved when I removed the  git directory  re-initialized the project directory for Git  re-added the GitHub remote  added all files to the new stage  committed with a personal message above the auto-generated message  and pushed to origin master

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I mistankly put a space after the - so instead of -m I had - m Just something to look for

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I had the same issue  I deleted the  git folder then followed the following commands     git init   git add     git remote add origin git gitorious org project project git   git commit -m  Initial version    git push origin master

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go to control panel -  manage your credentials and delete github credentials if any

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I just had the same problem while creating my first Git repository ever  I had a typo in the Git origin remote creation - turns out I didn t capitalize the name of my repository    git remote add origin git github com Odd-engine   First I removed the old remote using   git remote rm origin   Then I recreated the origin  making sure the name of my origin was typed EXACTLY the same way my origin was spelled    git remote add origin git github com Odd-Engine   No more error

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I had the same problem  some of the users have answered this  Before push you must have your first commit  Now for new users I ve created a series of simple steps  Before that you need to install git and run in command line    git config user email  your email   git config user name  name    The steps for creating a remote repository  I use dropbox as remote repository    1  create a directory in Dropbox  or on your remote server  2  go to the Dropbox dir  remote server dir  3  type git command  git init --bare 4  on your local drive create your local directory 5  go to local directory 6  type git command  git init 7  add initial files  by typing git command   git add  lt filename gt   8  type git command  git commit -a -m  initial version   if you don t commit you can t do the initial push 9  type git command  git remote add name  lt path to Dropbox remote server gt   10  git push name brach  for first commit the branch should be master

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This can also happen because github has recently renamed the default branch from  quot master quot  to  quot main quot    https   github com github renaming    so if you just created a new repository on github use git push origin main instead of git push origin master

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I think in older version of git  you should commit at least one file first  and then you can  push origin master  once again

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I had the same error  as Bombe said I had no local branch named master in my config  although git branch did list a branch named master     To fix it just add this to your  git config   branch  master       remote   origin     merge   refs heads master   Kinda hacky but does the job

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i fixed my problem      not sure what the problem was but using the gitx interface to commit my staged files  then       git push origin master   worked     i am having the same problem     created a new folder added in the bort template files       git commit -m  first commit     git remote add origin git github com eltonstewart band-of-strangers git    git push origin master   then i get the same error        error  src refspec master does not match any    fatal  The remote end hung up unexpectedly   error  failed to push some refs to  git github com eltonstewart band-of-strangers git

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When you create a repository on Github  It adds a README md file to the repo and since this file might not be there in your local directory  or perhaps it might have different content git push would fail  To solve the problem I did   git pull origin master git push origin master   This time it worked since I had the README md file

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To actually resolve the issue I used the following command to stage all my files to the commit     git add     git commit -m  Your message here    git push origin master   The problem I had was that the -u command in git add didn t actually add the new files and the git add -A command wasn t supported on my installation of git  Thus as mentioned in this thread the commit I was trying to stage was empty

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Initital add  amp  commit worked like a charm  I guess it s just a matter of understanding Git s methodology of managing a project within the repository   After that I ve managed to push my data straight-away with no hassle

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It looks like this question has a number of answers already  but I ll weigh in with mine since I haven t seen any that address the issue I had   I had this error as well on a brand new github repository  It turns out the user I was pushing from did not have push access  For some reason  this results in an  ERROR  repository not found  error instead of some sort of access error   Anyway  I hope this helps the poor soul who runs into the same issue

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error  failed to push some refs to  git github com  username   projectname  git    Unless you re generalizing the error message  it looks like you literally put git github com  username   projectname  git as your remote Git repo  You should fill in  username  with your GitHub username  and  projectname  with your project s name

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great   its the issue with empty directory only nothing else  I got my issue resolved by creating one binary file in each directory and then added them

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Bumping an old thread  If you have created a repository on Github with a Readme or a  gitignore  you might have to rebase the local master with the remote master  Because  if you are using a project scaffolding tool  like create-app  it creates these files for you  and the remote master needs to be synced with your local before you push  If you are creating an empty repository on Github  then you can simply push

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I have same issue   it s solved my problem    If you init your git   you have to do on Terminal   1  git add    2 git commit -m  first commit   For send to bitbucket   3  git push -u origin --all   pushes up the repo and its refs for the first time

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I was having the same issue and then smacked myself in the head because I hadn t actually added my project files   git add -A git commit -am  message  git push origin master

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make sure you are on a branch  at least in master branch  type   git branch   you should see   ubuntu-user   git turmeric-releng  git branch     no branch  master   then type   git checkout master   then all your changes will fit in master branch  or the branch u choose

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