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Development Tools Introduction to Git GitHub and Other Remote Repositories Pushing Commits to GitHub

Spencer Renfro
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Spencer Renfro
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Posted by Spencer Renfro
Spencer Renfro
Courses Plus Student 11,133 Points

git push -u not working

this is the message I get when I use git push -u

error: src refspec master does not match any.
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:rifraf94/medals.git'

Below is the full code I ran if i made errors before the git push -u command.

treehouse:~/workspace$ git init
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /home/treehouse/workspace/.git/
treehouse:~/workspace$ git remote add origin https://github.com/rifraf94/medals.git
fatal: remote origin already exists.
treehouse:~/workspace$ git push -u origin master
error: src refspec master does not match any.
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:rifraf94/medals.git'

1 Answer

Georgina Pickworth
Georgina Pickworth
11,429 Points

I believe GitHub has replaced the name "master" with "main": https://github.com/github/renaming

Have you tried running your code again using "main" instead of "master"?