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Asked: 2026-06-02T05:18:44+00:00

I created a repository on GitHub called ‘messages’ and a local repository with the

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I created a repository on GitHub called ‘messages’ and a local repository with the same name. I am trying to push the files from my local repo to the remote but get this error:

ERROR: Repository not found.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly.

I figured it was an authentication issue. And when I ran 

ssh -T git@github.com

I did get a message indicating that my key did not work. So I added my ~/.ssh/github_rsa.pub to the SSH keys in my account on GitHub (deleted the one that already existed there) and ran the command again. This time I received a message saying –

Hi septerr! You’ve successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

From what I read this seemed to be the expected message. So, I again tried the push. But received same error. Repository not found.

Swapnas-MacBook-Pro:messages sony$ git remote -v show
origin  git@github.com:seterr/messages.git (fetch)
origin  git@github.com:seterr/messages.git (push)
Swapnas-MacBook-Pro:messages sony$ git push -u origin master
ERROR: Repository not found.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

When I look at my repo on GitHub I see:

Existing Git Repo?
cd existing_git_repo
git remote add origin git@github.com:septerr/messages.git
git push -u origin master

What could be wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your remote address is, compared to what github tells you:

     git@github.com:seterr/messages.git    <== your remote
 git@github.com:septerr/messages.git   <== GitHub actual repo address

    You forgot the ‘p‘ in septerr.

    As mentioned in “GitHub pushing/pulling error“, GitHub repo addresses are sensitive to typo or case.

    Nick mentions in the comments:

    I ran into an issue where I needed to change my repo address due to a change in GitHub username.
    Here’s the code for it: 

    git remote set-url origin git@github.com:username/reponame.git

    This will set the remote name to origin with the GitHub username of username.

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