'heroku' does not appear to be a git repository

Question

When I try to push my app to Heroku I get this response:

fatal: \'heroku\' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: Could not read from remote repositor         


        

Answer 1

My problem was that I used git (instead of heroku git) to clone the app. Then I had to:

git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:MyApp.git

Remember to change MyApp to your app name.

Then I could proceed:

git push heroku master

Answer 2

Run this

heroku create

before pushing your code.

Answer 3

For those who are trying to get heroku to work on codeanywhere IDE:

heroku login
git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:MyApp.git
git push heroku

Answer 4

To add a Heroku app as a Git remote, you need to execute heroku git:remote -a yourapp.

Source: Deploying with Git

Answer 5

You forgot to link your app name to your heroku. It's a very common mistake. if your app is not created, then use:

heroku create (optional app name)

else:

git add .
git commit -m "heroku commit"

heroku git:remote -a YOUR_APP_NAME

git push heroku master

Answer 6

The following commands will work well for ruby on rails application deployment on heroku if heroku is already installed on developers machine. # indicates a comment

1. heroku login
2. heroku create
3. heroku keys:add #this adds local machines keys to heroku so as to avoid repeated password entry
4. git push heroku master
5. heroku rename new-application-name #rename application to the preferred name other than the auto generated heroku name