Why Does Git Return “Error: Src Refspec Master Does Not Match Any”?

[jamerober]

I’m trying to push changes but Git responds with error: src refspec master does not match any. Is this caused by branch naming or missing commits?

 

[rebeccareed]

Yea, this tends to come about in the case of nothing being committed. If your repo is freshly initialized and you haven't gotten a preliminary commit as yet then Git doesn't have a rep (master, or main) to push. Attempt to run the command git status and determine whether it indicates that you have commits to push. Once it is fixed, it is usually hard to make one commit.

 

[AnnP111966]

Another tremendous cause is the naming of branches. And a lot of newish git, what you see too is defaulting or main versus master. And if you're pushing with git push origin master but your local branch is actually main, Git won't even find any master at all. Running git branch command will be able to get the name of the branch you currently are on.

 

[megamind]

I have also observed this mistake in circumstances that people clone an empty remote repository and attempt to push at once without first checking out or making a branch. In that case, Git doesn't know what ref u r talking about. By making a branch and pledging it out, one clears it up.

 

[TaylorTravels]

To supplement what others have said, you can make it fast by either committing your changes or pushing the appropriate branch name. For instance, if your branch is main then push the git push origin main. So, if you wanted to be an stubborn convinced person and keep supposing that the name, you call it master, you change it locally, but usually, it's surprisingly easier to do this if you just agree to use it with a plain, regular, green.

 

[rebeccareed]

In short, the error is not really a bug, it's Git letting you know "that branch doesn't exist yet." It could be missing commits, or the wrong name of the branch, but as soon as the two are in the right place, the push will proceed as usual.