fatal: https://github.com/user/repo.git/info/refs not found: did you run git update-server-info on the server?

I am running the following script to set up a git repository on GitHub:

Global setup:
  git config --global user.name "Your Name"
  git config --global user.email [email protected]

Next steps:
  mkdir MultiView
  cd MultiView
  git init
  touch README
  git add README
  git commit -m 'first commit'
  git remote add origin https://github.com/nalgene/MultiView.git
  git push -u origin master

The last line git push -u origin master or git push origin master for that matter returns an error:

fatal: https://github.com/naglene/MultiView.git/info/refs not found: did you run git update-server-info on the server?

I researched the issue and it seems the most likely reason is a typo (case sensitive) but I made sure that is not an issue. I used git remote -v to check the origin is correct. What else can be the issue?

Solution

You have to carefully look after your spelling. According to Github's guide, your username is nalgene, hence the URL is https://github.com/nalgene/MultiView.git. The error message hints that you added the remote as https://github.com/naglene/MultiView.git which is not the same username, as you swapped the l and g.

Also, the default branch is called master, not maaster or mater.