error: src refspec master does not match any

Question

I have tried to follow the solutions suggested in this post but it didnt work and I am still getting: src refspec master does not match any.

Here is what I did: Fo

Answer 1

Run the command git show-ref, the result refs/heads/YOURBRANCHNAME If your branch is not there, then you need to switch the branch by

git checkout -b "YOURBRANCHNAME"

git show-ref, will now show your branch reference.

Now you can do the operations on your branch.

Answer 2

For me, the fix appears to be "git ." (stages all current files). Apparently this is required after a git init? I followed it by "get reset" (unstages all files) and proceeded with the exact same commands to stage only a few files, which then pushed successfully.

   git . 
   git reset

Answer 3

In my case the error was caused because I was typing

git push origin master

while I was on the develop branch try:

git push origin branchname

Hope this helps somebody

Answer 4

Try to do :

git push origin HEAD:master

Answer 5

From git branch it appears that somehow your local branch name is "origin".

You can rename the branch with -mv flag, like this:

git branch -mv origin master

After this git branch should show master :-)

Just to make sure the name is indeed the only thing that went astray, you can run git log and look at the last few commits - and compare them to the last few commits on bitbucket website.

Answer 6

Check that you call the git commands from the desired directory (where the files are placed).