Error - Create a Repository - add unversioned code to a repository

[andymgutman]

I was following the instructions at https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/add-unversioned-code-to-a-repository-877177133.html

I included the last 2 steps from the link above  ...

% git remote add origin https://x@bitbucket.org/...

fatal: remote origin already exists

% git push -u origin -all
...

![rejected]   master->master (fetch first)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https..'
hint: ...

Obviously I did something wrong. Any guidance appreciated.

Thanks

[Daniil Penkin · Accepted solution]

Hello @andymgutman,

The error you see means that there's already a remote with name origin registered in your repository. Git repository can have arbitrary number of named remotes. To list them along with their URLs you can run this command:

$ git remote -v
origin git@bitbucket.org:dpenkin/test-repo.git (fetch)
origin git@bitbucket.org:dpenkin/test-repo.git (push)

In this example I have just one remote called origin with two URLs: one for fetching, one for pushing (they can be configured independently, but in most cases they are same).

So I'd recommend you to do the following:

• check your current remotes configuration by running git remote -v
• if the remote URL there is not what you want, you can change it with:

git remote set-url origin <url>

• or delete it with

git remote remove origin

• or you can register new remote with a different name and then use it in your subsequent commands:

git remote add <remote-name> <url>
git push <remote-name> <branch-name>

Here's the relevant Git documentation page.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Daniil