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Re: problem pushing repository

From
RBRaimund Bauer <ray007@gmx.net>
Date
Jun 22, 2007, 13:38 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0706221224310.4059@racer.site>
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 12:26 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: 
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> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Raimund Bauer wrote:
> 
> > $ git push slcom test:test 
> > error: dst refspec test does not match any existing ref on the remote
> > and does not start with refs/.
> > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> > error: failed to push to
> > 'ray@softwarelandschaft.com:/home/ray/repos/drupal/multirate'
> 
> This is a completely unrelated problem!
> 
> It says that there is no branch named "test" on the remote side, and since 
> you could also want to push a tag, you have to say
> 
> 	test:refs/heads/test
> 
> here. However, I do not understand why you bother to use the :dst syntax 
> here, since your target name is _exactly_ the same as the source name. Why 
> not just
> 
> 	git push slcom test

because I had gotten the command line from bash-completion and since it worked with existing branches I saw no reason why it shouldn't work with new ones. will read the documentation next time ;-)

> Ciao,
> Dscho
-- 
best regards

  Ray
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Message 6 of 15 in “problem pushing repository”
  1. Adam MercerJun 22, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 22, 2007
  3. Andrew RuderJun 22, 2007
  4. Raimund BauerJun 22, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinJun 22, 2007
  6. Raimund BauerJun 22, 2007
  7. Shawn O. PearceJun 22, 2007
  8. Raimund BauerJun 23, 2007
  9. Shawn O. PearceJun 24, 2007
  10. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2007
  11. Adam MercerJun 22, 2007
  12. Raimund BauerJun 22, 2007
  13. Adam MercerJun 22, 2007
  14. Adam MercerJun 22, 2007
  15. Johannes SixtJun 22, 2007

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