Why Can't I Use 'git push origin/develop'?

Question

Every time I try to push to the repository, I end up having to create a new ssh key and it has become a real pain in the you know what. However, I have discovered this time around that I may be using what to Bit Bucket is an incorrect command. I was in my ‘develop’ branch, working tree clean but with 4 commits to be pushed to the repo. I ensured the ssh-agent was activated, added the previous ssh key and entered the command: git push origin/develop And I got an error. This has happened every time I have tried to push to the repo and I go through all sorts of gyrations, including creating new keys, until at some point it finally works. I am attaching a printout of my session. This time after going through all the gyrations, just on a whim I typed: git push And it worked! I hadn’t worked with Bit Bucket until this year. I am used to working with Git Hub and I always used the syntax, ‘git push origin/develop’ or ‘git push origin/master’ and it has never been a problem until I started using Bit Bucket. Is it my stupidity that I didn’t know I should be using ‘git push’ without the ‘origin/develop’ or is this a bug I keep running into? You can look at the attached session and see that I essentially did everything right, other than that. BELOW IS THE PRINT OUT OF MY SESSION: CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git status On branch develop Your branch is ahead of 'origin/develop' by 4 commits. (use "git push" to publish your local commits) nothing to commit, working tree clean CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ eval $('ssh-agent') Agent pid 658 CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_cs Enter passphrase for /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_cs: Identity added: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_cs (CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin/develop fatal: 'origin/develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa Enter passphrase for /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa: Identity added: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa (CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin/develop fatal: 'origin/develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh -T git@bitbucket.org authenticated via ssh key. You can use git to connect to Bitbucket. Shell access is disabled CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin/develop fatal: 'origin/develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin develop Unauthorized fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add -l 3072 SHA256:iGK27Uh70UQonXMWwlPyCa0A5Rwz3WdK+TCiym4ypGo CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL (RSA) 3072 SHA256:916Ch30WKDrIXIDvwk+Ooiti7GbndfTKvLGyTq+rcyQ CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL (RSA) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add -d ~/.ssh/id_rsa_cs Identity removed: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_cs RSA (CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin/develop fatal: 'origin/develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add -d ~/.ssh/id_rsa Identity removed: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa RSA (CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_org Enter passphrase for /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_org: Identity added: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_org (CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin/develop fatal: 'origin/develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add -d ~/.ssh/id_rsa_org Identity removed: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_org RSA (CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa): /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_dev Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_dev Your public key has been saved in /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_dev.pub The key fingerprint is: SHA256:eELJ6bXbbD2+MrJxhQln6MOb+iiEvxlEfvr7Ixm+kY0 CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL The key's randomart image is: +---[RSA 3072]----+ | | | . o . | | . = + o | | o o = = o | | .o = S o . | | ...o.* B o | | oo.Eo* = o | | o+++o+o. . | | oo**++ oo. | +----[SHA256]-----+ CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_dev Enter passphrase for /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_dev: Identity added: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa_dev (CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh -T git@bitbucket.org authenticated via ssh key. You can use git to connect to Bitbucket. Shell access is disabled CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin/develop fatal: 'origin/develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ ssh -v git@bitbucket.org OpenSSH_8.5p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1k 25 Mar 2021 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Connecting to bitbucket.org [104.192.141.1] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa type 0 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_xmss type -1 debug1: identity file /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_8.5 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version conker_f5d238a74c 528818a67cd1 debug1: compat_banner: no match: conker_f5d238a74c 528818a67cd1 debug1: Authenticating to bitbucket.org:22 as 'git' debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org debug1: kex: host key algorithm: rsa-sha2-512 debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY received debug1: Server host key: ssh-rsa SHA256:zzXQOXSRBEiUtuE8AikJYKwbHaxvSc0ojez9YXaGp1A debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory debug1: Host 'bitbucket.org' is known and matches the RSA host key. debug1: Found key in /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/known_hosts:2 debug1: rekey out after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: rekey in after 134217728 blocks debug1: Will attempt key: CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL RSA SHA256:eELJ6bXbbD2+MrJxhQln6MOb+iiEvxlEfvr7Ixm+kY0 agent debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:916Ch30WKDrIXIDvwk+Ooiti7GbndfTKvLGyTq+rcyQ debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ed25519 debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/dnewey/.ssh/id_xmss debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs= debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL RSA SHA256:eELJ6bXbbD2+MrJxhQln6MOb+iiEvxlEfvr7Ixm+kY0 agent debug1: Server accepts key: CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL RSA SHA256:eELJ6bXbbD2+MrJxhQln6MOb+iiEvxlEfvr7Ixm+kY0 agent debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey). Authenticated to bitbucket.org ([104.192.141.1]:22). debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] debug1: Entering interactive session. debug1: pledge: filesystem full PTY allocation request failed on channel 0 debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0 authenticated via ssh key. You can use git to connect to Bitbucket. Shell access is disabled debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 Connection to bitbucket.org closed. Transferred: sent 3524, received 2296 bytes, in 0.1 seconds Bytes per second: sent 33871.3, received 22068.2 debug1: Exit status 0 CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push origin/develop fatal: 'origin/develop' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git remote -v origin git@bitbucket.org:calixtoemilio/netlytics.git (fetch) origin git@bitbucket.org:calixtoemilio/netlytics.git (push) CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git remote -r error: unknown switch `r' usage: git remote [-v | --verbose] or: git remote add [-t ] [-m ] [-f] [--tags | --no-tags] [--mirror=] or: git remote rename or: git remote remove or: git remote set-head (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | ) or: git remote [-v | --verbose] show [-n] or: git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] or: git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [( | )...] or: git remote set-branches [--add] ... or: git remote get-url [--push] [--all] or: git remote set-url [--push] [ ] or: git remote set-url --add or: git remote set-url --delete -v, --verbose be verbose; must be placed before a subcommand CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git branch -r origin/HEAD -> origin/master origin/develop origin/lytyx_net origin/master origin/proofOfConcept CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git status On branch develop Your branch is ahead of 'origin/develop' by 4 commits. (use "git push" to publish your local commits) nothing to commit, working tree clean CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git push Enumerating objects: 166, done. Counting objects: 100% (166/166), done. Delta compression using up to 8 threads Compressing objects: 100% (108/108), done. Writing objects: 100% (110/110), 30.12 KiB | 1.16 MiB/s, done. Total 110 (delta 67), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (67/67), completed with 38 local objects. remote: remote: Create pull request for develop: remote: https://bitbucket.org/calixtoemilio/netlytics/pull-requests/new?source=develop&t=1 remote: To bitbucket.org:calixtoemilio/netlytics.git bc8333f..6b7d858 develop -> develop CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $ git status On branch develop Your branch is up to date with 'origin/develop'. nothing to commit, working tree clean CORP+dnewey@DESKTOP-8PUBBUL MINGW64 /c/xampp/htdocs/connectlytix (develop) $

David Newey_owkwdm · Answer

Akshay, thank you for your response. What you say aligns with what I understand to be true, but if you look in the session that I included I did try 'git push origin develop' at one point and that didn't work. So that leaves me still with a question as to whether I am going to go through a whole rigamarole again next time I do a push.

Akshay_miniOrange · Answer

Hey @David Newey

You can use - "git push origin develop"

Take a note - In a Bitbucket, you separate the "repo" and "branch" names using a space instead of a slash (/).

And the thing the "git push" command worked is because, by default, it considers the branch that you are working on, i.e. the branch that you checkout.

Let's say you have a few commits to be pushed from the "master" branch, but your current branch is a "develop". In that case, simply using a "git push" will not work. You'll have to use "git push origin master".

Hope it helps,

Thanks!