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I've been trying to go through this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghL-KlAhBnc

But when I tried to push, after following everything, I got the following problem: cant push refs to remote. try running pull first...

I went to the menu in Source Control and tried the Pull option. I then got an error saying 'Git: There is no tracking information for the current branch'

Next, I found this solution to the issue: There is no tracking information for the current branch

The problem is, since I am working with a tutorial in VS code, I don't think I can do that, because I get the 'fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

How would I go about solving my original issue in VS code..?

To clarify, I am completely new with github. I used it with VS 2017 but when it worked it worked, I didn't have to worry about much. I have got git bash but not sure how to use it.

Papbad
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At 12.05 mark in the video, pay attention to the initialization of a new GitHub repository: it must be empty.

If you create a GitHub repo with a README file, for instance, then it would have a commit of its own, hence your error message when doing your first push.

In your case, a simple git push --force would be enough.

VonC
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I've found the best way to get files into VS code is to git clone the repo that you're trying to edit into a local folder. Form there, open visual studio with "open folder" and edit form there. If you get the same error, pull straight from VS code, and try pushing again.

Nathan LoPresto
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