“No source repositories were detected at(my app). Please check the URL and try again.”

Question

I have a URL for my Heroku app here: https://damp-sands-09329.herokuapp.com/.

When I go to https://github.com/new/import, I am told to enter \"Your old repository’s clon

Answer 1

Github is correct, what you provided is not a valid Git repository URL.

The Heroku site or web URL (of the form https://xxxxxx.herokuapp.com/) is where your website is deployed, but that's not where the source codes are stored.

What you want is the Heroku Git URL. You can get this in 2 ways:

1. From the Heroku dashboard

   Login into your Heroku dashboard (https://dashboard.heroku.com), go to your app, then go to Settings, then scroll to the Info section. It's the one specified as the Heroku Git URL and is of the form https://git.heroku.com/xxxxxxx.git.

2. From the Heroku CLI

   If you have Heroku CLI installed, you can use the apps:info command to get the Git URL.

   $ heroku apps:info app-name
   === app-name
   ...
   Git URL:        https://git.heroku.com/app-name.git
   ...
   Web URL:        https://app-name.herokuapp.com/
   

   Notice that it shows the Git URL and the Web URL. Github wants the Git URL.