Re: Initial push to remote repository

[Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 01:35:57PM +0200, Thomas Glanzmann wrote:
> Hello,
> I used to publish my local work on a machine with all my git
> repositories using the following commands:
> 
> # Publish a local created repository to a remote repository.
> ssh 131.188.30.102 git --git-dir=/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/astro.git init-db
> git remote add origin 131.188.30.102:/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/astro.git
> git push origin master:master
> echo >> .git/config <<EOF
> [branch "master"]
>         remote = origin
>         merge = refs/heads/master
> EOF
> git pull
> 
> But since my last update of git it doesn't seem to work that way anymore. Is
> there another way to do what I like to using the git way?
> 
>         (ad027088pc) [~] mkdir test_initial_push
>         (ad027088pc) [~] cd !$
>         (ad027088pc) [~/test_initial_push] touch a
>         (ad027088pc) [~/test_initial_push] git init
>         Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
>         (ad027088pc) [~/test_initial_push] git add a
>         (ad027088pc) [~/test_initial_push] git commit -m "whatever" a
>         Created initial commit 0d408ed: whatever
>         0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>         create mode 100644 a
>         (reverse-i-search)`':
>         (ad027088pc) [~/test_initial_push] ssh 131.188.30.102 git --git-dir=/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/test_initial_push.git init-db
>         Initialized empty Git repository in /home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/test_initial_push.git/
>         (ad027088pc) [~/test_initial_push] git remote add origin 131.188.30.102:/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/test_initial_push.git/
>         You have new mail in /home/adglth0/Maildir
>         (ad027088pc) [~/test_initial_push] git push origin master:master
>         error: dst refspec master 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 '131.188.30.102:/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/repositories/private/test_initial_push.git/'

Try to give it the full ref name and it should work, e.g.

	git push origin refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master

-siprbaum