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on new repository up vote 166 down vote favorite 58 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
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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 git github share|improve this question edited Mar 6 '10 at 23:22 Ikke 50.5k167095 asked May 5 '09 at 23:13 sutee 3,54293353 3 It appears that the initial commit didn't work for whatever reason. Git log helped me see whether or not the commit works. I was successful trying it again the next day. Thanks! –sutee May 6 '09 at 18:30 1 If you do not add any files, commit or run git init, yoy always get these kind of problems. Therefore, always run git status to see if everything is OK. –Raduken Jan 26 '12 at 20:07 similar error when creating a branch to a newly created git repository from existing code. Resolved the error by cloning the git repository. &
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x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; git fsck it only takes a minute: Sign up fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master' up vote 82 down vote favorite 10 I have a private server running git 1.7 When I git init a folder it doesn't create a http://stackoverflow.com/questions/827351/push-origin-master-error-on-new-repository master branch. Cause when i do: git branch it doesn't list anything. When I do: git --bare init it creates the files. When I type git branch master it says: fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master'. git share|improve this question edited Feb 6 '12 at 15:17 knittl 107k26165225 asked Feb 6 '12 at 15:15 Roy van Zanten 557149 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 122 down vote accepted When I git init a http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9162271/fatal-not-a-valid-object-name-master/9162347 folder it doesn't create a master branch This is true, and expected behaviour. Git will not create a master branch until you commit something. When I do git --bare init it creates the files. A non-bare git init will also create the same files, in a hidden .git directory in the root of your project. When I type git branch master it says "fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master'" That is again correct behaviour. Until you commit, there is no master branch. You haven't asked a question, but I'll answer the question I assumed you mean to ask. Add one or more files to your directory, and git add them to prepare a commit. Then git commit to create your initial commit and master branch. share|improve this answer answered Feb 6 '12 at 15:19 meagar♦ 136k21203237 So, what if I never wanted a branch-pointer called "master" at all? What if I wanted it to be called "main"? There's no way to start off with a different name for the first branch-pointer? No "git init" parameters? Could I maybe go change the name listed in .git/HEAD? Are there some other files I would need to alter, also? –Jemenake May 13 '13 at 17:49 1 @Jemenake Then init your repository, make a commit, and rename the branch. If you really want to avoid a "master" branch ever being created, edit .git/HEAD, and change refs/
exists on GitHub but not in my local clone mac windows linux all Sometimes a commit will be viewable on GitHub, but will not exist in your local clone of the repository. When you use git show to view https://help.github.com/articles/commit-exists-on-github-but-not-in-my-local-clone/ a specific commit on the command line, you may get a fatal error. For example, https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Git_FAQ you may receive a bad object error locally: git show 1095ff3d0153115e75b7bca2c09e5136845b5592 fatal: bad object 1095ff3d0153115e75b7bca2c09e5136845b5592 However, when you view the commit on GitHub, you'll be able to see it without any problems: github.com/$account/$repository/commit/1095ff3d0153115e75b7bca2c09e5136845b5592 There are several possible explanations: The local repository is out of date. The branch that contains the commit was deleted, so the commit is no longer referenced. the remote Someone force pushed over the commit. The local repository is out of date Your local repository may not have the commit yet. To get information from your remote repository to your local clone, use git fetch: git fetch remote This safely copies information from the remote repository to your local clone without making any changes to the files you have checked out. You can use git fetch upstream to get information from a repository you've not a valid forked, or git fetch origin to get information from a repository you've only cloned. Tip: For more information, read about managing remotes and fetching data in the Pro Git book. The branch that contained the commit was deleted If a collaborator on the repository has deleted the branch containing the commit or has force pushed over the branch, the missing commit may have been orphaned (i.e. it cannot be reached from any reference) and therefore will not be fetched into your local clone. Fortunately, if any collaborator has a local clone of the repository with the missing commit, they can push it back to GitHub. They need to make sure the commit is referenced by a local branch and then push it as a new branch to GitHub. Let's say that the person still has a local branch (call it B) that contains the commit. This might be tracking the branch that was force pushed or deleted and they simply haven't updated yet. To preserve the commit, they can push that local branch to a new branch (call it recover-B) on GitHub. For this example, let's assume they have a remote named upstream via which they have push access to github.com/$account/$repository. The other person runs: git branch recover-B B # Create a new local branch referencing the commit git push upstream B:recover-B # Push
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