git push error on Mac computer

Question

On my Mac computer, when I typed in: git push -u origin master I received the following error message:

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git Valeries-MacBook-Air:code valerielee$

How can I correct this error?

Answer 1

From the looks of it, you simply created a .git directory (based on the small CLI example you posted above). The correct way to create new git repository (even for existing code) is to issue a git init command first.

The answer given by Chris is of course correct then. At the risk of sounding patronizing, I would also like to recommend that you take a look at some tutorials. Here are two I consider great for my students:

• http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
• http://try.github.io/

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)

This means your current working directory is not within a git repository.

Change directories to a git repository and then run:

git push -u origin master