Github: Unable to Push to git repository

[Polecalex]

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Description

Unable to push to a repository.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Created repo.
2. Added remote origin link manually. (Some reason atom doesn't connect to the repo.)
3. Click Publish.

Expected behavior:

Successful push.

Actual behavior:

Received unable to push error.

Reproduces how often:

100%

Versions

You can get this information from copy and pasting the output of atom --version and apm --version from the command line. Also, please include the OS and what version of the OS you're running.

`atom --version

Atom : 1.34.0
Electron: 2.0.16
Chrome : 61.0.3163.100
Node : 8.9.3

apm --version
apm 2.1.3
npm 6.2.0
node 8.9.3 x64
atom 1.34.0
python
git 2.17.1.windows.2
visual studio`

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[Aerijo]

Does it work from the command line?

[Polecalex]

Does it work from the command line?

Yes

[annthurium]

@Polecalex thanks for reporting! 👋

Can you please clarify what you mean by 2. Some reason atom doesn't connect to the repo?

[Polecalex]

@Polecalex thanks for reporting! 👋

Can you please clarify what you mean by 2. Some reason atom doesn't connect to the repo?

I had to manual create repo origin link to the .git config file. i.e.
[remote "origin"] url = [email protected]:Polecalex/Personal.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
When I clicked create new repo, i'd assume that it would have automatically added the link itself.

[robertrossmann]

@Polecalex I think, in the future, you can just run git remote add origin [email protected]:Polecalex/Personal.git. 💯

By the way, this step is necessary at all times when you initialise an empty git repository on your machine and then manually create a new repository at github.com. It's important to remember that even though git and github are designed to work together, they are really two independent tools. Therefore, initialising an empty git repo on your computer will not automatically create a github counterpart, or vice-versa. You have to manually make the connection by adding a remote to your local git repository. Atom uses this git remote information to look up your github repository. At this time, Atom does not support managing your remotes; you have to do that using other tools (ie. the git CLI).

Alternatively, you can start by creating a new Github repository on the web and then cloning the empty, new repository to your computer: git clone [email protected]:Polecalex/Personal.git - the git CLI will set the remote up for you since it now knows where that repository is hosted (you just cloned it from there). 💪