git push >> fatal: no configured push destination

Question

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, May 25 '15 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, Apr 13 '21 at 11:51

VonC · Answer 1 · 2021-10-07T06:21:59.483

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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 git@github.com:<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://levelone@github.com/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://levelone@github.com/levelone/demo_app.git
# or 
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:levelone/demo_app.git

edited Oct 07 '21 at 06:21

answered Apr 05 '12 at 17:25

VonC

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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.. – levelone Apr 06 '12 at 01:57
@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) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7129232/problem-in-pushing-to-github/7130405#7130405 or (more complete) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5377703/syncing-with-github/5378094#5378094 – VonC Apr 06 '12 at 06:31
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.. – levelone Apr 07 '12 at 09:21
@Marc: you only need to setup that if you do access internet through a proxy. – VonC Apr 07 '12 at 09:27
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:\\levelone@github.com/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? – levelone Apr 07 '12 at 12:12
and i tried cloning it.. and destination path 'demo app' already exists and is not an empty directory. – levelone Apr 07 '12 at 12:19
@Marc check your global git config to set the CA file path appropriately: http://stackoverflow.com/a/3778244/6309. And when you clone, always do it by specifying a root directory which doesn't exist yet. – VonC Apr 07 '12 at 13:13
I am on bitbucket when I am doing this git remote add abc-blog 'git@bitbucket.org:sooraz/abc-blog.git' I am getting fatal: remote abc-blog already exists and then can't push it... – Suraj Jan 30 '15 at 05:47
@Suraj that should be a separate question in its own, not a comment burried under a three-years old answer. – VonC Jan 30 '15 at 06:36
Sorry about that.. I saw your last active was just 10 minutes back and hence the comment. – Suraj Jan 30 '15 at 06:52
@Suraj sure, I am *always* there (http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/122976/anyone-with-a-visited-2048-days-2048-consecutive-in-his-her-profile), but your question deserves more visibility: make one, for others (than just me) to answer to. – VonC Jan 30 '15 at 07:14

score 40 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '12 at 17:25

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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 'git@github.com:levelone/demo_app.git'

answered Apr 05 '12 at 17:25

Joachim Isaksson

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After doing this I keep having following error: `git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey)` – alper Jun 02 '21 at 21:10
That's because it's a private repository – desert_ranger Aug 28 '23 at 01:27

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 29 '20 at 20:47

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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 '20 at 20:47

Syed Tabish Ali

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 03 '21 at 15:51

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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 03 '21 at 15:51

Kasun Asela

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This is exactly what the already `accepted answer` says. – Asif Kamran Malick Apr 03 '21 at 21:48

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 02 '21 at 07:10

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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 02 '21 at 07:10

Mert Sevinc

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What is "sync"? – Tyler A. Jul 17 '22 at 02:15

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 21 '21 at 20:35

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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 '21 at 20:35

Mista Aries

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 12 '22 at 15:59

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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 '22 at 15:59

acoul

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 09 '22 at 22:17

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If you are using git commands using cmd

git remote add origin git@github.com:<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 09 '22 at 22:17

Sanidhya Vijaivargia

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 09 '23 at 08:58

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Through VS-Code:

git add .
git commit -m "some comments"
git remote add origin git@github.com:yourusername/yourrepository.git
git push --set-upstream origin master

answered Aug 09 '23 at 08:58

Hagit

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git push >> fatal: no configured push destination

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