Cloning a given repo from github, then pushing to a fresh repo on bitbucket, and I get the error:
> fatal: remote part of refspec is not a valid name in :capabilities^{}
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
What does the error mean – and what’s causing it (I’m still new to git).
Here’s the log:
- clone from github:
$ git clone git://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel.git test2
$ cd test2
- create a private git repo on bitbucket:
on the site GUI
- add remote:
$ git remote add bbtest2 https://shishani@bitbucket.org/shishani/test2.git
$ git remote -v
bbtest2 https://shishani@bitbucket.org/shishani/test2.git (fetch)
bbtest2 https://shishani@bitbucket.org/shishani/test2.git (push)
origin git://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel.git (fetch)
origin git://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel.git (push)
$ git branch -a
* master
remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
remotes/origin/admin-interface
remotes/origin/adminarea
remotes/origin/adolfo-postman
remotes/origin/allow-other-login-apps
remotes/origin/anon-posting
remotes/origin/askbot-site
remotes/origin/auto-media-revisions
remotes/origin/avatars-sidebar
remotes/origin/beta2-english-chinese
remotes/origin/better-setup
remotes/origin/blockip
remotes/origin/bug102
remotes/origin/bugfixes
remotes/origin/cache-experiment
remotes/origin/categories
remotes/origin/cnprog-import
remotes/origin/common-question-view
remotes/origin/development
remotes/origin/django-registration
remotes/origin/elastic-skin
remotes/origin/experimental
remotes/origin/experimental-merge
remotes/origin/fabian
remotes/origin/fbconnect
remotes/origin/feature73
remotes/origin/follow-user
remotes/origin/gh-pages
remotes/origin/inbox-and-flagged-items
remotes/origin/issue116
remotes/origin/jinja
remotes/origin/master
remotes/origin/multi-auth-app
remotes/origin/new-template
remotes/origin/newauth
remotes/origin/password-only
remotes/origin/postgres-full-text
remotes/origin/pt-i18n
remotes/origin/refs/heads/skins
remotes/origin/remove-django-authopenid
remotes/origin/remove-recaptcha-module
remotes/origin/signin-config
remotes/origin/sophia
remotes/origin/sphinx-search
remotes/origin/stackexchange
remotes/origin/staticfiles
remotes/origin/vlad111
remotes/origin/wikipost
- push mirror to remote
$ git push --mirror bbtest2
Password:
fatal: remote part of refspec is not a valid name in :capabilities^{}
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
- ordinary push - just for testing:
$ git push bbtest2
Password:
Everything up-to-date
Edit – further testing log: pushing master first:
$ git push bbtest2 master
Password:
Counting objects: 24187, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (6694/6694), done.
Writing objects: 100% (24187/24187), 11.88 MiB | 86 KiB/s, done.
Total 24187 (delta 17229), reused 23691 (delta 16845)
remote: bb/acl: shishani is allowed. accepted payload.
To https://shishani@bitbucket.org/shishani/test2.git
* [new branch] master -> master
$ git push --all bbtest2
Password:
Everything up-to-date
$ git push --mirror bbtest2
Password:
Counting objects: 4822, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (1540/1540), done.
Writing objects: 100% (4246/4246), 3.83 MiB | 86 KiB/s, done.
Total 4246 (delta 2891), reused 3860 (delta 2609)
remote: bb/acl: shishani is allowed. accepted payload.
To https://shishani@bitbucket.org/shishani/test2.git
* [new branch] bbtest2/master -> bbtest2/master
* [new branch] origin/HEAD -> origin/HEAD
* [new branch] origin/admin-interface -> origin/admin-interface
* [new branch] origin/adminarea -> origin/adminarea
* [new branch] origin/adolfo-postman -> origin/adolfo-postman
* [new branch] origin/allow-other-login-apps -> origin/allow-other-login-apps
* [new branch] origin/anon-posting -> origin/anon-posting
* [new branch] origin/askbot-site -> origin/askbot-site
* [new branch] origin/auto-media-revisions -> origin/auto-media-revisions
* [new branch] origin/avatars-sidebar -> origin/avatars-sidebar
* [new branch] origin/beta2-english-chinese -> origin/beta2-english-chinese
* [new branch] origin/better-setup -> origin/better-setup
* [new branch] origin/blockip -> origin/blockip
* [new branch] origin/bug102 -> origin/bug102
* [new branch] origin/bugfixes -> origin/bugfixes
* [new branch] origin/cache-experiment -> origin/cache-experiment
* [new branch] origin/categories -> origin/categories
* [new branch] origin/cnprog-import -> origin/cnprog-import
* [new branch] origin/common-question-view -> origin/common-question-view
* [new branch] origin/development -> origin/development
* [new branch] origin/django-registration -> origin/django-registration
* [new branch] origin/elastic-skin -> origin/elastic-skin
* [new branch] origin/experimental -> origin/experimental
* [new branch] origin/experimental-merge -> origin/experimental-merge
* [new branch] origin/fabian -> origin/fabian
* [new branch] origin/fbconnect -> origin/fbconnect
* [new branch] origin/feature73 -> origin/feature73
* [new branch] origin/follow-user -> origin/follow-user
* [new branch] origin/gh-pages -> origin/gh-pages
* [new branch] origin/inbox-and-flagged-items -> origin/inbox-and-flagged-items
* [new branch] origin/issue116 -> origin/issue116
* [new branch] origin/jinja -> origin/jinja
* [new branch] origin/master -> origin/master
* [new branch] origin/multi-auth-app -> origin/multi-auth-app
* [new branch] origin/new-template -> origin/new-template
* [new branch] origin/newauth -> origin/newauth
* [new branch] origin/password-only -> origin/password-only
* [new branch] origin/postgres-full-text -> origin/postgres-full-text
* [new branch] origin/pt-i18n -> origin/pt-i18n
* [new branch] origin/refs/heads/skins -> origin/refs/heads/skins
* [new branch] origin/remove-django-authopenid -> origin/remove-django-authopenid
* [new branch] origin/remove-recaptcha-module -> origin/remove-recaptcha-module
* [new branch] origin/signin-config -> origin/signin-config
* [new branch] origin/sophia -> origin/sophia
* [new branch] origin/sphinx-search -> origin/sphinx-search
* [new branch] origin/stackexchange -> origin/stackexchange
* [new branch] origin/staticfiles -> origin/staticfiles
* [new branch] origin/vlad111 -> origin/vlad111
* [new branch] origin/wikipost -> origin/wikipost
* [new tag] 0.7.25 -> 0.7.25
* [new tag] 0.7.26 -> 0.7.26
* [new tag] 0.7.27 -> 0.7.27
* [new tag] 0.7.28 -> 0.7.28
* [new tag] 0.7.29 -> 0.7.29
* [new tag] 0.7.30 -> 0.7.30
* [new tag] 0.7.31 -> 0.7.31
* [new tag] 0.7.32 -> 0.7.32
* [new tag] 0.7.33 -> 0.7.33
* [new tag] 0.7.34 -> 0.7.34
* [new tag] 0.7.35 -> 0.7.35
* [new tag] 0.7.36 -> 0.7.36
* [new tag] 0.7.37 -> 0.7.37
* [new tag] 0.7.38 -> 0.7.38
* [new tag] history+wikipost -> history+wikipost
* [new tag] remove -> remove
* [new tag] show -> show
$
I would first push the master branch, to initialize your empty BitBucket repo history.
Then I would push everything else.
All parameters needed to be setup for using https (SSL) are listed in “Unable to push a git repo via HTTP“.