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I have a local branch named master and its upstream is set to origin/main

But whenever I push to remote repo using git push -u origin main it shows error:

error: src refspec main does not match any error: failed to push some refs to

But it works fine when I use git push -u origin HEAD:main

So what's the Problem in here?

35_Khushal Makhija
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    Does this answer your question? [Git: Message 'src refspec master does not match any' when pushing commits in Git](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4181861/git-message-src-refspec-master-does-not-match-any-when-pushing-commits-in-git) – Eng_Farghly Sep 30 '21 at 21:47

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git push origin main means "push local branch main" and you don't have local branch main, you have master. After the first git push -u origin master:main you should push using git push origin or even bare git push. Or continue pushing using git push origin master:main

phd
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This error appears when the branch you are trying to push your local repository does not exist.

"error: src refspec main does not match any" - Means, no branch called "main" was found in the source.

So, Make a branch like this:

git push --set-upstream origin [branch name]

In this case:

git push --set-upstream origin master

This will create a branch called "master" and will push changes to that branch.

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Aruna
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Try the following commands. It would change the origin

git remote add origin https://github.com/username/repo.git
  • then Verify remote URL is correct:
git remote -v
  • then Push to repo
git push origin master
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Malindu Darshana
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  • This does not address the question, which was about a main/master branch name mismatch, not about the URL for origin. – joanis Nov 13 '21 at 22:25