Git: How can I find out why `git commit` and `git push` do not commit or push any files?

Question

Suddenly git push stopped working from one day on my Ubuntu 14 machine.

I tried with different projects but the issue is still there. No error message is also being displayed, it keeps showing a blink.

I know it's a weird thing. How can I fix this?

git push origin my_branch_name

It also shows the blink when you need to enter git login and password. I have some files which need to be pushed. — Prabhakar, Mar 31 '15 at 09:14
Ok. Were your credentials cached, and now it ask you again to enter them? — VonC, Mar 31 '15 at 09:16
Have you actually committed the files you need to push? Try doing `git status` to check. Sometimes it's the obvious things... — Lydia Ralph, Mar 31 '15 at 09:16
@VonC No my credentials were not cached. I used to enter every time, I make a push. I am waiting git to ask me to enter my credentials but its not. — Prabhakar, Mar 31 '15 at 09:17
@Lydia Ralph, No my git status is clean. I already added and committed as well. $> git status nothing to commit, working directory clean — Prabhakar, Mar 31 '15 at 09:19
Try this to check if you actually have any files to push: `git diff --stat --cached [remote/branch]` — Lydia Ralph, Mar 31 '15 at 09:21
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3636914/how-can-i-see-what-i-am-about-to-push-with-git — Lydia Ralph, Mar 31 '15 at 09:22
Lydia Ralph, I tried this command $> git diff --stat --cached reseller-admin-panel It shows nothing. — Prabhakar, Mar 31 '15 at 09:24
I don't think it works all the time but the answer is I took the pull from the same branch(which failed) with error message then pushed it. It worked. I know its kinda wired. — Prabhakar, Mar 31 '15 at 10:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '15 at 10:25

I finally figured out, since it is wired thing, it worked with some wild guess.

I first took the pull from the same branch which am trying to push. And then I tried pushing to the same branch it worked.

 git pull origin my_branch_name
  # got some error message, then
 git push origin my_branch_name.

Thats how it worked.

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