Git push takes forever

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When I am trying to push to my remote git repository, but it is taking forever and nothing happens. I waited for so long, but push is never getting finished. My OS is Ubuntu 12.10. Thank you.

Can you browse github manually? are you behind a proxy? What happens when you add `--verbose`? We need more info to help you — phisch, Mar 02 '13 at 14:46
Yes, I am able to do everything else , Pull , fetch , commit locally and browse through github. The only problem is while pushing. It never happens I waited for so long ,so many times. Some times I got No fast-forward error, But then i pulled from repository to resolve it and when I pushed, then it just goes on but never ends. — Codeformer, Mar 02 '13 at 15:06
Please provide more info. Are you using `ssh` or `https` remote url? How big is your repository? Is it possible that repository is hundreds of megabytes because of some commit you did recently with a huge binary files? — mvp, Mar 02 '13 at 23:17
@mvp Repository is of 200mb, But the recent commits were small. I am using https. — Codeformer, Mar 03 '13 at 02:02
It stops at `Pushing to git@heroku.com:appname.git`. I am using Ubuntu 14.04. — Kevin, May 20 '14 at 10:59
Sometimes I forget that the pop-ups can hide behind the command prompt. — MJ Delos Santos, Feb 24 '22 at 11:52

score 67 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '13 at 10:05

Try using the --verbose option to see what actually happens. Even if you did small changes, some internal things might cause git to push a lot more data.

Have a look at git gc. It cleans up your local repository and might speed up things, depending on you issue. Backup strongly advised.

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 19:44

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I had the same problem. If you are using Bitbucket.org, I don't know why, but disabling IPV6 connection fixed the problem.

answered Dec 13 '18 at 19:44

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How did you disabled IPV6? – Fernando Santiago Jun 05 '20 at 21:56
It will depend on the SO which you use. In Ubuntu, using the UI, it would be: Settings > Network > Ipv6 Tab > Disable. But there are other methods. – Felipe Desiderati Jun 05 '20 at 22:35
Thank you! This is probably related to some router configurations blocking specific ipv6 traffic or even the local internet provider blocking it. *If you don't need to use any ipv6 services*, disabling it will make it work fine (on Ubuntu, make sure to disable it via `/etc/sysctl.conf`). *If you need ipv6*, then force your PC to use bitbucket's ipv4 by adding this to your hosts file: `104.192.143.3 bitbucket.org` – vinitius Apr 21 '21 at 05:13

Tony Brasunas · Answer 3 · 2021-04-27T20:13:48.167

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Ensure you're using the right protocol.

Depending on how you have your local configurations set up, you might need to use https to connect. To do so, switch the protocol for the remote repository from the git@github.com:[user]/[repo] protocol to the https://github.com/[user]/[repo].git protocol.

Also, it's worth trying vice versa, if you're unable to use the https protocol. On older configurations, the older git@github user authentication will often allow you to connect as a fallback.

edited Apr 27 '21 at 20:13

answered Jul 18 '14 at 20:33

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This worked for me again today. But it was switching to the git@github protocol that worked. For me, it might have to do with some config options on GitExtensions, which is the git client I'm using. – Tony Brasunas Jul 28 '14 at 18:59
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I changed my remote to use ssh from https, and this issue started, I went back to https and worked for me now. – Ranvir Apr 27 '21 at 01:19

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 16 '21 at 11:27

I have faced a similar issue using git bash. Using these commands helped.

git config --global core.preloadindex true  
git config --global core.fscache true 
git config --global gc.auto 256

https://blog.praveen.science/solution-to-git-bash-is-very-slow-in-windows/

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 15 '21 at 02:53

Ensure you are authenticated to github: For me, it was my authentication. I was running the command with git bash on windows and for some reason, it didn't prompt me to authenticate. when I ran it with the command prompt, I got this

Select an authentication method for 'https://github.com/':
1. Web browser (default)
2. Personal access token
option (enter for default):

after I successfully authenticated, it worked fine

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 24 '19 at 05:55

Please check the permission rights on the remote dir. In my case, after setting the correct permissions by chown -R user.group /dir, the commit is correctly finished:

$ git push --verbose
Pushing to ssh://user@domain.zone:port/dir
user@domain.zone's password:
Counting objects: ...
...
Total 123 (delta 21), reused 16 (delta 12)
To ssh://domain.zone:port/dir
 * [new branch]      master -> master
updating local tracking ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master'

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 22 '19 at 05:24

One possibility might be that you have large binary file(s) commited in the latest commit. git is not good at working with binary file. If commiting binary files was a mistake, you can refer to following answer for getting rid of binary file in commit.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/58987943/8694152

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 07 '20 at 13:51

Every time I reinstall or upgrade Ubuntu (all 3-4 times), I had to go to the DNS settings of my internet connection (both Ethernet and Wifi), remove Automatic and add 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1. After a reset git push and all other git-origin-accessing commands go down from 1 minute to a few seconds.

Mahdi Parastesh · Answer 9 · 2021-12-18T07:06:17.983

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Delete every settings file related to the keywords "vcs" and "git" in these directories (Serach "vcs" and "git" in the search bar and delete every file you see in the results):

C:/Users/%USER%/AppData/Local/Google/AndroidStudio%VERSION%
C:/Users/%USER%/AppData/Roaming/Google/AndroidStudio%VERSION%

And then restart the IDE!

edited Dec 18 '21 at 07:06

answered Dec 17 '21 at 18:38

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