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Klaus
Klaus

Reputation: 25623

can't push a new repo

I am confused while creating a new git repository and pushing it to a ssh based git server.

What I did:

mkdir knowledge_base
cd knowledge_base
git init

( create some files )

git add <some files>
git commit -m 'initial'

until here all is perfect

now a do:

git remote add origin ssh://gitzfrdh@ex/home/gitzfrdh/gitrepos/knowledge_base
git push --set-upstream origin master

error:

fatal: '/home/gitzfrdh/gitrepos/knowledge_base' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

Yes, I know that the repo did not exist. My idea is to push this new one.

Must I first create a bare repo on the server side?

EDIT: If I execute on the server:

mkdir knowledge_base
cd knowledge_base/
git init --bare

and on the client again a:

git push --set-upstream origin master

all works.

But I think it is not the intention to have a full excess on the server? I am wrong?

I already read Pushing new files in a new repository Git New git repository error on first push

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1983

Answers (2)

Ankanna
Ankanna

Reputation: 777

The command is correct; however, the remote address must point to an initialized Git repository too. It's a one-time job, though

ssh user@host "git init --bare /your/project/git/my-project.git"

Upvotes: 1

lostbard
lostbard

Reputation: 5220

You need to create a bare git repo on the server so that the client git repo has somewhere to push to.

From your example, the add remote tells the client where to push its repo changes to, and expects there to be a repo on the server that matches the added remote.

Upvotes: 0

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