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Robert Young
11,742 PointsProblem when pushing to GitHub - Git Basics
Hi there, I am following along with Tommy's tutorial, and I am having a couple of issues pushing a personal repository over onto Github.
I try typing the add origin command: https://github.com/rsy644/newrepo.git, this seems to work, but when I type in: git push -u origin master, I keep getting the message: " fatal - could not read Username for "https://github.com" - no such file or directory "
I have also tried using the ssh method, but I get a separate, different error message. "Permission denied - could not read from remote repository".
The permissions were set to 'Public' on the previous page.
Anyone have any ideas?
Regards,
Robert London, UK
3 Answers
Jon W
6,185 PointsAre you using Git 1.8.5? Apparently it was a bug in that version and the way around it is to use SSH or a url containing your username and password (NOT RECOMMENDED!).
However if you upgrade Git to the latest version it should be fixed.
Robert Young
11,742 PointsThanks Jon! Yes as it happens I am using Git 1.8.5.2 (preview version). I will try upgrading - see if that makes a difference :)
Marie Veverka
12,117 PointsThank you too Jon! I was having the same issue and I was so frustrated until I found this and updated my version of Git! Problem solved! Yay!