Can't "git push". "Heroku Git error" for 4 days now

Question

As described in the title, I can't push to one of my apps.
"git push" to other apps work fine, so credentials/keys set up is OK.

The error message:

$ git push app-remote

 !  Heroku Git error, please try again shortly.
 !  See http://status.heroku.com for current Heroku platform status.
 !  If the problem persists, please contact http://support.heroku.com.

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

I'm disappointed with Heroku support, as my ticket have no answer after 4 days :(

Some thoughts that might help you... Are you positive your permissions are correct? Are you able to interact with the application in other ways? does heroku apps:info show your app? Did you change the name recently? — mscccc, Oct 09 '12 at 17:02
I'm pretty sure my permissions are correct. Push worked for this app last friday, then stopped working. — Jonas Alves, Oct 09 '12 at 17:52
`heroku apps:info` works. Everything but git access seems to be working fine. — Jonas Alves, Oct 09 '12 at 17:53
Me too. I was pushing every day for months, and it was fine. Now I can't push. Tried `gem update heroku` but that didn't help. Can push to another heroku app just fine. Guess I'll try rebooting (Mac). — B Seven, Oct 10 '12 at 23:12
After 4 days they have answered my ticket. They said there's a problem with the app git repo and they will have to reset it. I've authorized the reset a few minutes after their response but they still didn't do it. It's been 6 days now, and I'm very disappointed with Heroku's support. — Jonas Alves, Oct 11 '12 at 15:09
can you push a different branch? what does heroku logs --tail say? — Nick Ginanto, Oct 12 '12 at 16:30
I've had this problem as well across multiple repos. Happens intermittently. They've also reset one of our repositories but it didn't resolve the problem — iainbeeston, Dec 11 '12 at 22:19

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 23 '13 at 20:53

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$ git push heroku master

Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '50.19.85.156' to the list of known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

heroku keys:add fixed this for me

edited Mar 23 '13 at 20:53

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answered Mar 23 '13 at 20:34

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 13:56

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I ran into this issue out of nowhere as well. Simply restarting the dynos with heroku restart fixed it for me. I'm guessing for the reasons mentioned by @akegalj

answered Sep 02 '15 at 13:56

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 16 '13 at 15:56

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I was getting similar response:

$ git push heroku master
exec request failed on channel 0
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

After visiting application URL push went ok. I suppose error has to do something with Heorku idling applications which are not used in past hour (mine was on free/dev account).

answered Jan 16 '13 at 15:56

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visiting application URL fixed it for me, it was probably hybernated – VAShhh Oct 17 '13 at 14:14
This is also the issue I had. Not good when I want my CI to 'just work'. – Adam K Dean Nov 04 '13 at 18:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '13 at 20:33

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The repository was corrupt.

The Heroku support took over a week to fix it.

answered Jan 17 '13 at 20:33

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First time I ever heard of a corrupted git repository. Glad they helped you out – Loïc Faure-Lacroix Jul 11 '13 at 22:34

Can't "git push". "Heroku Git error" for 4 days now

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