At times one may face an error when they try to push a branch to the origin.
git push origin master
Error:
Reason:
One of the most common problems that cause this error is that your project is not a git project, thus you cannot push it to the origin straight ways.
Fix:
You need to follow all the steps to make the current project a git-managed project first.
- Initialize the project as a git project.
git init
- Add all files to the staging area.
git add .
- Commit your code to the local repo.
git commit -m 'initial commit.'
- Now you are good to move the project to git origin.
git push -u origin master
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