I have a local branch named master and its upstream is set to origin/main
But whenever I push to remote repo using git push -u origin main it shows error:
error: src refspec main does not match any
error: failed to push some refs to
But it works fine when I use git push -u origin HEAD:main
So what’s the Problem in here?
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git push origin main means “push local branch main” and you don’t have local branch main, you have master. After the first git push -u origin master:main you should push using git push origin or even bare git push. Or continue pushing using git push origin master:main
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This error appears when the branch you are trying to push your local repository does not exist.
“error: src refspec main does not match any” – Means, no branch called “main” was found in the source.
So, Make a branch like this:
git push --set-upstream origin [branch name]
In this case:
git push --set-upstream origin master
This will create a branch called “master” and will push changes to that branch.
Try the following commands. It would change the origin
git remote add origin https://github.com/username/repo.git
- then Verify remote URL is correct:
git remote -v
- then Push to repo
git push origin master
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