GitHub - error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:myrepo.git'

Question

I ran these commands below:

git add .

git commit -m 't'

Then, when running the command below:

git push origin development

I got the error below:

To git@github.com:myrepo.git
 ! [rejected]        development -> development (non-fast-forward)
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:myrepo.git'
To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected
Merge the remote changes (e.g. 'git pull') before pushing again.  See the
'Note about fast-forwards' section of 'git push --help' for details.

Are there any ways to solve the error above?

score 90 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 26 '16 at 20:33

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Your origin repository is ahead of your local repository. You'll need to pull down changes from the origin repository as follows before you can push. This can be executed between your commit and push.

git pull origin development

development refers to the branch you want to pull from. If you want to pull from master branch then type this one.

git pull origin master

edited Feb 26 '16 at 20:33

akshay_rahar

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answered May 25 '12 at 11:08

Dan Lister

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the `development` in the above message refers to the branch you want to pull from. So if you are using `master` branch, you would type in : `git pull origin master` – Myna Mar 20 '13 at 02:53

score 37 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '19 at 15:54

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In my case Github was down.

Maybe also check https://www.githubstatus.com/

You can subscribe to notifications per email and text to know when you can push your changes again.

answered Jul 22 '19 at 15:54

Oscar Wieman

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score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 25 '22 at 13:40

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I have faced the same issue and resolved as follows (if you have a project in local folder then follow the steps):

create a new repo in GitHub
go to local folder and do "git init"
git remote add origin (with your repo url) // simply copy from your repo
git add -A
git commit -m "your commit"
git push -u origin master

edited Dec 25 '22 at 13:40

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answered Apr 02 '19 at 09:44

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score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:38

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I also got the error ! [remote rejected] main -> main (failure) error: failed to push some refs to '<repository>'.

Came to find out this is the reason:

answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:38

Fiddle Freak

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score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 25 '19 at 17:32

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In my case. I had the error because I forgot to make a commit after create a repository on github into an existing project. So I solved:

git add .
git commit -m"commentary"

Then I was able to type:

git push -u origin master

answered Nov 25 '19 at 17:32

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 04 '18 at 12:29

I used this command and it worked fine with me:

>git push -f origin master

But notice, that may delete some files you already have on the remote repo. That came in handy with me as the scenario was different; I was pushing my local project to the remote repo which was empty but the READ.ME

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 03 '12 at 18:02

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you can write in your console:

git pull origin

then press TAB and write your "master" repository

answered Sep 03 '12 at 18:02

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score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 20 '20 at 19:17

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Try this:

git push -u origin master
git push -f origin master

Sometimes #1 works and sometimes #2 for me. I am not sure why it reacts in this way

answered Aug 20 '20 at 19:17

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-f works,cause it's "force to do it" – Yvonne.D Nov 12 '21 at 05:35
For me -u worked and surprisingly not -f! – Ali Afsahnoudeh Mar 27 '23 at 13:18

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 11 '14 at 06:32

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In windows, you need to use double quotes "". So the command would be

git commit -m "t"

answered Apr 11 '14 at 06:32

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 29 '15 at 15:22

In my case git push was trying to push more that just the current branch, therefore, I got this error since the other branches were not in sync.

To fix that you could use: git config --global push.default simple That will make git to only push the current branch.

This will only work on more recent versions of git. i.e.: won't work on 1.7.9.5

Abbas Jafari · Answer 11 · 2021-07-25T18:24:21.067

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This command worked for me:

git push --set-upstream origin master

And if it doesn't work, please make sure that you are pushing on the current branch that you are on it.

App University>git branch
* master
  test

And after that, you must push your code on the master branch

 App University>git push origin master

edited Jul 25 '21 at 18:24

answered Jun 20 '21 at 17:57

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Not being on a valid branch gives this issue, as pointed out in this answer. You may experience this if you are using an IDE plugin for GIT. Sometimes these default to 'master' where as the more recent default is 'main'. So the IDE plugin may switch the repo to master or other branch - so when you do a manual commit you could see this issue as a result – Mark Parris Jan 29 '23 at 10:55

score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Mar 15 '16 at 07:05

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$ git fetch --unshallow origin
$ git push you remote name

edited Mar 15 '16 at 07:05

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answered Mar 14 '16 at 15:06

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 15 '21 at 23:20

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I have faced below error $ git push origin main error: src refspec main does not match any error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/--------/git-init-sample.git'

Solution : I was not connected to git local repo https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?response_type=

Once i connected error gone

$ git push origin main Enumerating objects: 3, done. Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.

answered Dec 15 '21 at 23:20

Rajvp

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Formatting missing – mightyteja Dec 16 '21 at 06:12

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 30 '22 at 19:16

This same error but with a different details can be related to changes to privacy settings in the repository. The details are very clear actually.

In example: I changed my profile settings to hide my email address and that has an effect in all my repositories. However you can keep that setting checked and uncheck "Block command line pushes that expose my email" option in the Email Setting section

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jun 07 '22 at 15:18

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I could push with "--force":

git push origin --force

answered Jun 07 '22 at 15:18

Super Kai - Kazuya Ito

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