git push >> fatal: no configured push destination

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I'm still going through some guides on RoR and I'm stuck here at Deploying The Demo App

I followed instructions:

With the completion of the Microposts resource, now is a good time to push the repository up to GitHub:
$ git add .
$ git commit -a -m "Done with the demo app"
$ git push

What happened wrong here was the push part.. it outputted this:

$ git push
fatal: No configured push destination.
Either specify the URL from the command-line or configure a remote repository using
git remote add <name> <url>
git push <name>

So I tried following the instructions by doing this command:

$ git remote add demo_app 'www.github.com/levelone/demo_app'
fatal: remote demo_app already exists.

So I push:

$ git push demo_app
fatal: 'www.github.com/levelone/demo_app' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

What can I do here? Any help would be much appreciated.

Very good question. Most tutorials seem to be missing one or two steps, making it impossible to push your changes. — Kokodoko
– Kokodoko, Commented May 25, 2015 at 10:41
I got the same error and then I found out that it was directory-related issue. I was not pushing from the right directory where the repo is settled. — MYB
– MYB, Commented Apr 13, 2021 at 11:51

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-07 06:21:59Z

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You are referring to the section "2.3.5 Deploying the demo app" of this "Ruby on Rails Tutorial ":

In section 2.3.1 Planning the application, note that they did:

$ git remote add origin [email protected]:<username>/demo_app.git
$ git push -u origin master

That is why a simple git push worked (using here an ssh address).
Did you follow that step and made that first push?

 www.github.com/levelone/demo_app

That would not be a writable URI for pushing to a GitHub repo.

https://[email protected]/levelone/demo_app.git

This should be more appropriate.
Check what git remote -v returns, and if you need to replace the remote address, as described in GitHub help page, use git remote --set-url.

git remote set-url origin https://[email protected]/levelone/demo_app.git
# or 
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:levelone/demo_app.git

edited Oct 7, 2021 at 6:21

answered Apr 5, 2012 at 17:25

VonC

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levelone Over a year ago

It works! @VonC but unfortunately I'm stuck right after I push once again... After using: git push demo_app it outputs a Password Authentication, and after successfully logging in it displays:

No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing; perhaps you should specify a branch such as 'master'. Everything-up-to-date

i don't get it..

VonC Over a year ago

@Marc if it asks for a password, then you must have missed a configuration allowing you to authenticate to GitHub as the rightful owner of demo_app. See for instance (with an https remote GitHub address) stackoverflow.com/questions/7129232/… or (more complete) stackoverflow.com/questions/5377703/syncing-with-github/…

levelone Over a year ago

the first link didn't change the output of my push.. i'm curious on how to set my < login_internet >, < password_internet >, @ aproxy, aport ... i'm kinda lost :( sorry about that. hope i'm not bugging you for your help..

VonC Over a year ago

@Marc: you only need to setup that if you do access internet through a proxy.

levelone Over a year ago

oh ok.. i access the net through our wifi here at home. i hope that helps? so yea when i push $ git push it displays this text

error: error setting certificate verify locations:  CA file: \bin\curl-ca-bundle.crt   CApath: none    while accessing https:\\[email protected]/levelone/demo_app.git/info/refs  fatal:HTTPS request failed

do i need my rails server on while i push it? or i do have to set up my proxy?

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Joachim Isaksson · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-05 17:25:27Z

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The command (or the URL in it) to add the github repository as a remote isn't quite correct. If I understand your repository name correctly, it should be;

git remote add demo_app '[email protected]:levelone/demo_app.git'

answered Apr 5, 2012 at 17:25

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alper Over a year ago

After doing this I keep having following error: [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey)

desert_ranger Over a year ago

That's because it's a private repository

Syed Tabish Ali · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-29 20:47:03Z

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I have faced this error, Previous I had push in root directory, and now I have push another directory, so I could be remove this error and run below commands.

git add .
git commit -m "some comments"
git push --set-upstream origin master

answered Dec 29, 2020 at 20:47

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Sanidhya Vijaivargia · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-09 22:17:52Z

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If you are using git commands using cmd

git remote add origin [email protected]:<username>/demo_app.git

You can copy it from your repo https code you are currently working on.

After this run

git push

This worked for me.

answered Nov 9, 2022 at 22:17

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Hagit · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-09 08:58:38Z

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Through VS-Code:

git add .
git commit -m "some comments"
git remote add origin [email protected]:yourusername/yourrepository.git
git push --set-upstream origin master

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Kasun Asela · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-03 15:51:35Z

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I already have faced this error. I create a github repository and I copy repository Url and I run following command.

git remote add service-center-app 'https://github.com/DeveloperAsela/service-centerapp.git'

answered Apr 3, 2021 at 15:51

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Asif Kamran Malick Over a year ago

This is exactly what the already accepted answer says.

Mert Sevinc · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-02 07:10:52Z

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This happened to me when I was using Visual Studio Code with Github. I have realized that the upstream branch was empty for some reason and push did not know where to push. Using "sync" fixed the problem.

answered Sep 2, 2021 at 7:10

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Tyler A. Over a year ago

What is "sync"?

Mista Aries · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-21 20:35:40Z

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I had the same problem

using vs code if you click on the menu button go down to push,pull then scroll down to push to and

answered Sep 21, 2021 at 20:35

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acoul · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-12 15:59:13Z

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Here is how I resolve the same issue:

create repository
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

answered Jun 12, 2022 at 15:59

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Ritansh Rajput · Accepted Answer · 2023-12-24 17:29:10Z

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This problem occurs simply because we have not set whether this repository should be private or public to resolve this :

git add .
git commit -m "your message"
git push
(go to git-branch icon on vscode side panel > click on publish branch blue botton > drop down will be open on top > select private of public )

And done.

edited Dec 24, 2023 at 17:29

answered Dec 24, 2023 at 17:25

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