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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_id@email.com

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.