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Ruby

Issue with pushing to GitHub

So, I'm at the stage where I'm 'pushing to github' for the first time.

'git remote add origin'...etc is fine.

But after entering 'git push -u origin master' I press enter twice.

(Not sure if the video is overly clear as to whether I'm meant to try and enter my details here... it won't let me anyway) and I get this error message in the terminal:

fatal: HTTP request failed

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Jonathan

2 Answers

Sorry, but I've also been having this problem, getting to the same place and not being able to input a username or password (if indeed we have to.... I also am confused about this) and I get the same error.

It probably has something to do with the fact I'm running the windows cmd prompt, because I have read the guide that James supplied and am none the wiser.... :/

EDIT

Aaaaand I figured out the problem. Thanks anyways. I really think it should have been made clear that whilst the username and password do not appear on the monitor when they are typed into the command prompt, they are still being taken and 'accepted'.

@Jonathan -

I'd suggest you check out the Git Guide for more details about how github works.

After that, let us know if you have any more questions about pushing to github.