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Jelle2005
Jelle2005

Reputation: 21

URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL when publishing branch

I am trying to publish a branch from Github Desktop but I get this weird error: URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL. I have searched all around the internet and can't find a solution. Does anyone know how to fix it or why this error occurs?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 25513

Answers (3)

Muhammad Ali Faraz
Muhammad Ali Faraz

Reputation: 1

I had the same issue. Apparently you can use this command and it needs to be in this format, I am using an access key:

$ git remote set-url origin https://<access key>@github.com/<user name>/<reponame>.git

Try that and see if that helps.

Upvotes: 0

frmbelz
frmbelz

Reputation: 2553

I had this error because I added a bit wrong url locally to remote origin with

git remote add origin https://url:user/my-repo.git

Checked the remote origin locally and compared to cloning repo url

git remote show origin
fatal: unable to access 'https://...': URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL

I had to replace semicolon ':' with backslash '/' in front of username. Locally had to remove remote origin, then add back

git remote rm origin
git remote add origin https://url/user/my-repo.git

Upvotes: 5

Aishwer Sharma
Aishwer Sharma

Reputation: 295

Can you check the remote url of github repo? Please also check the remote name. By default it should be origin

It can be done as follows:

In your repo, run git remote -v and match the url returned with that of the "clone" url of your repo. If its different please update it to "clone" url of your repo locally.

And then try hitting:

git push origin <branch name>

Upvotes: 2

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