Home/ Questions/Q 240003
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-11T20:37:51+00:00

I have a public repository at github.com with 2 branches : master and test

  • 0

I have a public repository at github.com with 2 branches : master and test.

I created a new directory locally and did: 

[ ] git clone git@github.com:{username}/{projectname}.git

Then I created a new branch named my_test with 

[ ] git branch my_test

and switched to it. 

[ ] git checkout my_test

Then I merged it from my test branch of my public repository with 

[ ] git merge origin/test

and it resulted in a fast forward.

I made some changes and committed them.
Then I tried to push the local my_test branch to the public test branch at github with 

[ ] git push git@github.com:{username}/{projectname}.git test

but I got this error: 

error: src refspec test does not match any.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:{username}/{projectname}.git

What am I doing wrong ?

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    Perhaps try:

    git push git@github.com:{username}/{projectname}.git HEAD:test

    The format of the last parameter on that command line is a refspec which is a source ref followed by a colon and then the destination ref. You can also use your local branch name (my_test) instead of HEAD to be certain you’re pushing the correct branch.

    The documentation for git push has more detail on this parameter.

    • 0