Git “does not appear to be a git repository”

Question

I am trying to install git on a server and have some problem when I try to perform the first push. I successfully installed git on the server, created the repository locally

Answer 1

Or, you can simply use:

git clone user@server:/full/path/to/your/directory

Answer 2

May be you forgot to run git --bare init on the remote folder That was my problem

Answer 3

I will assume you are using ssh to clone your repo.

That means you need the full path of the repo on the server in your ssh address:

git clone ssh://sshuser@serverIP/full/absolute/path/to/my_repo

Note: if your 'my_repo' is a bare one (to allow pushing), that would be:

git clone ssh://sshuser@serverIP/full/absolute/path/to/my_repo.git

The stdin: is not a tty simply means that in the .bashrc of the sshuser account, there is something expecting an input.