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Unable to push to Git Repository after adding a branch

I have a Git repository with about 4 branches. They are put up on GitHub. I recently created a new branch, named "demo2Full". Since creating that, I am unable to push to an earlier branch called "bugfixes". Here is what I did to create the new branch:

  1. Created new branch "demo2Full" on GitHub, that is same as "bugfixes".
  2. git remote add demo2Full git@github-user:user/project_demo2Full.git
  3. On local machine: git branch demo2Full & git checkout demo2Full.

After that I switched back to "bugfixes" with git checkout bugfixes without any issues.

Now, when I do: git push origin bugfixes, I get the following error: 

ERROR: Repository not found.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

I have gone through a number of links, including this one on GitHub. The SSH part works, and I have also checked the remotes with git remote -v and the config file at .git/config and found that there are no spelling mistakes etc. in the links.

Where am I going wrong?

Edit
Also, having a separate entry in the config file for each branch like:
git@github-userName:userName/projectName_branchName.git is correct?

Solution

  • The .git/config file had an "incorrect" entry.

    The origin was listed as: url = git@github-userName:userName.

    Changing that to : url = git@github-userName:userName/projectName.git rectified the error.

    I am still not clear about how that change happened in the first place.