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James Nelson
23,956 PointsGithub
Hello guys, I am trying to teach myself how to use Github after watching the Git videos on treehouse.
I have set up a repo on Github and have set up an additional dummy account that I am using to fork the repo, make a change and thus create a pull request on my original account.
The steps I am taking are as follows:
- Fork original repo on dummy account
- Clone repo using https and cd into the create folder
- Use nano to add a file and save it
- Add and commit these changes
- git push -u origin master
On doing I get the following error and have not been able to resolve this:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/jamesnelson2/Badassgraph.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403
Any ideas?
2 Answers
Tyler Zika
14,402 PointsSince you are using two Github accounts, your Git credentials need to change locally on your machine depending on what repo you are pushing to.
Also, depending on what your origin master is locally on your machine, depends entirely if you have permission to push to a repo.
Is your dummy account registered as a collaborator to make changes to your main account repo?
Example how Github is suppose to work if a person doesn't have permission to make changes to a repo:
User A makes a repo
User B sees the repo
User B forks user A's repo on their Github account
User B clones, to their local machine, from their personal copy url available on their Github account
If user B wants to contribute to user A's repo, they need to push changes from their local machine to their personal copy of A's repo on their Github account.
User B goes on Github and finds their personal repo they just pushed to.
User B creates a "New pull request"
User A decides if they want to accept the pull request or not.
James Nelson
23,956 PointsHello and thanks for you're reply,
Yes my dummy account has been set as a collaborator and what you described is exactly what I am trying to do. Note that I am using the one machine, would that be the cause of my issue?
Thanks