Unable to push to github: repository not found

Question

Whenever I try to push changes to a remote github repository from the command-line, I receive the following error:

> git push
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/MyOrg/MyRepo.git' not found

(I've replaced org and repo name, but they are definitely the correct names).

I have checked I have write access to the repository. I'm able to create branches and write to files through the github website, and pull these changes back down locally.

I am authenticating with github using the Git Credential Manager for Windows (GCM), and I have the following in gitconfig:

[credential]
    helper = manager

I'm running on Windows 10, git version 2.10.2.windows.1.

Have you looked at this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10116373/git-push-error-repository-not-found They suggests adding the username to the url like: https://myusername@github.com/path_to/myRepo.git — Sebastian Berge, Mar 29 '17 at 11:26
Have you initialized your local git repo correctly using `git init` and added the remote `git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git` ? Sorry if this is obvious — SvinSimpe, Mar 29 '17 at 11:27
@SvinSimpe The repo was cloned from github, if I run `git remote show origin` it all looks to be set-up correctly. — Lozzer, Mar 29 '17 at 12:17
@SebastianBerge tried `git remote set-url origin https://username@github.com/path_to_myRepo.git` but still set the repository not found error. — Lozzer, Mar 29 '17 at 12:22

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 12:39

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In my case the problem was with Git Credential Manager, I deleted the saved credential from Windows through Control Panel > User Accounts > Credential Manager > Windows Credentials. The next time I tried to push it popped up a dialog prompting for the github username and password. On entering these it seems to have sorted itself out.

answered Mar 29 '17 at 12:39

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Thank you! After fighting with this issue for hours, this solved it for me. – joelcollyer Jun 30 '17 at 12:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 11:37

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You need to specify what branch you want to push to.

-git push origin branchName

GitHub Docs: Pushing to a remote

answered Mar 29 '17 at 11:37

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 12:30

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have you tried using the command suggest by SvinSimpe when you first cd into the directory where the branch is locally stored?

answered Mar 29 '17 at 12:30

Erdne Htábrob

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Yes, I was running the command from inside the directory. I have sorted it now, will post a response just in case others come across it too. – Lozzer Mar 29 '17 at 12:36

Unable to push to github: repository not found

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