Use git-refspec for questions related to the the mapping between a local branch name and a remote branch name.
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Message 'src refspec master does not match any' when pushing commits in Git
I clone my repository with:
git clone ssh://xxxxx/xx.git
But after I change some files and add and commit them, I want to push them to the server:
git add xxx.php
git commit -m "TEST"
git push origin master
But the error I get back is:
error: src…
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What is git tag, How to create tags & How to checkout git remote tag(s)
when I checkout remote git tag use command like this:
git checkout -b local_branch_name origin/remote_tag_name
I got error like this:
error: pathspec origin/remote_tag_name did not match any file(s) known to git.
I can find remote_tag_name when I…
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Git - What is "Refspec"
I've been following this guide on configuring GitLab continuous integration with Jenkins.
As part of the process, it is necessary to set the refspec as follows: +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*…
user4832990
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git push error: src refspec main does not match any on linux
whenever I'm trying to upload my files using git push -u origin main
I'm getting error which is as follows
error: src refspec main does not match any
error: failed to push some refs to 'github.com:xxxxxx/xxx-project.git'
but if I do git push -u…
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What are the dos and don'ts of custom objects and refs?
Let's say I want to write a small helper that allows to append some metadata to a repository in a way that can propagate to clones via refs. Simple example (a git-notes clone prototype that doesn't even attach the notes to any other git…
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error: cannot update the ref 'refs/remotes/origin/xyz': unable to create directory for '.git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/xyz': No such file or directory
I am facing below issue while taking fresh pull. (git pull)
error: cannot update the ref 'refs/remotes/origin/xyz': unable to
create directory for '.git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/xyz': No such file
or directory
I have checked particular location…
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Git refs - why is it called heads instead of branches?
Just curious when you look in the git/refs directory:
.git/refs/heads
.git/refs/tags
why is it called refs/heads instead of refs/branches?
user11810894
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Git track different branches for push and pull?
I have a Git repository which is being managed with Gerrit, where you don't push to , but instead push to refs/for/, and then magic happens. Thus, I'd like different behavior for git pull and git push. In particular, I want git pull…
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git refs/pull/... vs. pull/
In various places, looking for instructions on how to create a local branch from a GitHub Pull Request, I have seen two versions:
git fetch upstream refs/pull/PR_ID/head:NEW_LOCAL_BRANCH
and
git fetch upstream pull/PR_ID/head:NEW_LOCAL_BRANCH
My…
Daniel Goldfarb
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Delete lfs files from GitHub repo
I have a github repo with around 1.7GB of lfs storage used for which I am paying the upgraded storage plan.
Me and my group of 6 other people used this repo during a university games project, they all made forks of it and made pull requests into the…
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Terraform modules source using both a ref for branch and tag
I am trying to determine if it is possible to specify both a matching branch and a tag when declaring a module in terraforming.
In the Terraform Docs it notes that branch or tag can be used in the source for a module.
module "vpc" {
source =…
Aurelian Shuttleworth
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Why does Git only store branches under refs/remotes/origin?
After looking at Git tags and seeing how they are propagated and how many workarounds there are to pruning them, I concluded that the best fix would be to change the structure of refs/remotes/origin/. So, why are refs under refs/remotes/origin/…
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Ignore a single namespace in git refspec
Consider the following repository. It has a lot of private branches for team members, all under the refs/heads/team/ namespace, that I do not want to fetch, but I still do want to fetch all the rest, including any possibly newly created branches…
kkm inactive - support strike
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How does Gerrit implement its ‘magical’ refs?
I am currently implementing Gerrit as central code review system. In the process of trying to understand the ins and outs of Gerrit, I got stuck at the sentence below. Taken from the Gerrit documentation:
As Gerrit implements the entire SSH and Git…
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Does a Git a push configuration allow specifying the branch as well?
I have a branch which pulls from one remote and pushes to another and U used git branch --set-upstream-to=xxxx xxxx to set the pull repo and git config remote.origin.pushurl user@user.com:repo.git to set the push repo.
Although the pull is from the…
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