How to push to GitHub using Git Bash?

Question

Whenever I need to push my new local commits to GitHub I use the Windows GitHub desktop application. I open it up and click the sync button. I want to be able to do it from the Git Bash command line. I think the command I want to use is:

git push origin master

but when I do that I get some sort of invalid username error. I tried this:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/20871910/280319

but when I do that and git push origin masterI get another error saying git@github.com:user/repo.git is an invalid repo.

Now I'm at the point where I changed my origin back to https://github.com/user/repo.git(I think that's what it was set to before). But since I did that my local repo is now not "pointing" to the correct remote(I can tell because git status doesn't list 1 out of sync commit and neither does the GitHub desktop app).

This is all just on a test repo of mine.

So what do I have to do so that I can push to GitHub using the Git Bash command line?

Did you get the `git@...` URL from the link on your `github` page? — merlin2011, Apr 26 '14 at 19:45
Have you set a public ssh key into your account? What is the output of `ssh git@github.com` — tmarwen, Apr 26 '14 at 19:51
tmarwen - I think that may have done something. I got: `Warning: ... added the RSA host key for IP address ... Hi username! You've successfully authenticated ...`. Now what? — Ryan, Apr 26 '14 at 20:00
Can you post the `origin` lines that show up when running `git remote -v`? That `git@github.com/user/repo.git` is a generic link name. — Leigh, Apr 26 '14 at 20:11
leigh - it's the github https one for both fetch and push. I changed it back to this as indicated in my post. — Ryan, Apr 26 '14 at 20:45

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '14 at 05:53

Usually what I do in this situation is just "start over". It is probably not the optimal way to do this, but it works.

Back up your commits, for example to back up the last 4 commits that have not been pushed
```
git format-patch -4
```
Re clone the repo
```
git clone https://github.com/svnpenn/a
```
Apply your commits. Note since you said Windows, you might need to add --keep-cr here
```
git am ../0001-type-magick-dev-null-exit.patch
```
try pushing again

How to push to GitHub using Git Bash?

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