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Git Remote showing but does not exist


I am trying to use my git repo within Visual Studio. I can with no problems in other machines, but when I try adding it to Visual Studio in my machine, I get the following error:

error screenshot

When I use git separately on command-line, I have no issues.

While observing my repository, I found out a very strange behaviour. When I run a "git remote -v" command, this is what I get:

git remote screenshot

However, I have never created a git remote named "hub". I suspect this is the inconsistence which is causing Visual Studio not to understand my repository. When I try to remove "hub", I receive a message that it doesn't exist:

git remote rm screenshot

Does anyone know where this "broken reference" is logged, and how to do in order to remove it? I'm suspecting it has nothing to do with my repo...

I have already tried uninstalling git and re-installing it on my machine.


Solution

  • In your system file manager / explorer, show hidden files and go to the following file:

    [YOUR-REPO-PATH]/.git/config
    

    Remove references to the hub