'fatal: remote part of refspec is not a valid name in ..' error when setting up Git

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I'm trying to setup git with WPengine following the instructions here: (http://wpengine.com/git/#production) - but when I get down to the deploy step, I get the following error:

% git remote -v  
production  git@git.wpengine.com:production/workshop-wp.git (fetch)
production  git@git.wpengine.com:production/workshop-wp.git (push)
% git push production master ...
fatal: remote part of refspec is not a valid name in ...

You didn't actually use `...` in the push command, did you? – May 27 '14 at 23:59 — , May 27 '14 at 23:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '14 at 00:01

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Don't put ... in the push command. The correct syntax is

git push production master

I know that the instructions in the tutorial that you linked to say to do this:

git push production master ...

but that's just blatantly incorrect.

answered May 28 '14 at 00:01

Thanks, that brings up this error: `% git push production master FATAL: W any production/workshop-wp robertwilliams-robert_williams DENIED by fallthru (or you mis-spelled the reponame) fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.` – user1406947 May 28 '14 at 00:06
@user1406947 sorry, I don't know what your problem is at that point. Might be a repository access permissions issue, or you might be using the wrong URL for the repo, etc. – May 28 '14 at 00:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 28 '14 at 23:47

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I got it to work. I was trying to deploy my GitHub repo name:

$ git remote add production git@git.wpengine.com:production/my_wordpress_app.git

Instead of deploying my wpengine username

$ git remote add production git@git.wpengine.com:production/robertwilliams.git

edited May 28 '14 at 23:47

answered May 28 '14 at 19:09

user1406947

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'fatal: remote part of refspec is not a valid name in ..' error when setting up Git

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