Git push hangs when pushing to Github?

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Git push hangs everytime I try to push to github. I am using Cygwin and Windows 7. Git functions fine locally tracking branches, providing status, setting global user.name and user.email and allowing commits.

I'm still new and learning.

I enter git push , git push origin master or git push -u origin master and I get nothing but a blank line requiring me to ctl-c to get the prompt back.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "me@example.com" asks me for a file name and hangs

git push heroku master hangs

$ git status returns On branch master nothing to commit, working directory clean

$ git pull returns Already up to date

$ git remote -v returns:

heroku  git@heroku.com:myherokusite.git (fetch)

heroku  git@heroku.com:myherokusite.git (push) origin  

https://github.com/gitusername/appname.git (fetch) origin  

https://github.com/gitusername/appname.git (push)

or the correct ssh remote settings are returned when trying this with ssh

Updated: Using the SSH url git@github.com:gitusername/gitrepo.git also hangs

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/gitusername/appname.git is correct

Updated: I can see the git processes running in Windows Task Manager while it hangs.

I've tried:

Using different internet connection locations

switching between https and ssh and it hangs

Uninstalled git. Reinstalled from: https://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list

Uninstalled git. Installed Cygwin's git

Uninstalled git. Installed Github for Windows GUI app and it I WAS able to push. But this app has limited functionality, forces me out of my Cygwin window into another app which then forces me into a Windows command prompt for complete functionality which I thought I had escaped by using Cygwin.

Spent many, many hours trying to resolve this, it worked faultlessly before, thanks.

UPDATE 4/2014: I rebuilt my entire machine Win 7, Cygwin etc and all is now working fine

I tried different internet connections without success, yes I have anti-virus which had never caused a problem previously. No proxy. — Matt Singer, Jun 04 '13 at 00:38
Any luck? I am encountering the same issue with cygwin. A fix: if I use the native windows shell (cmd.exe) however, `git push origin master` works fine. — skilbjo, Aug 12 '13 at 00:12
When this happens for me, I've found deleting `~/.ssh/git@github.com:22.connection` fixes the issue (I have some settings in ~/.ssh/config to persist connections). — erwaman, Dec 09 '20 at 16:59
Another reason might be that the git server has reached its resource limits, and there's nothing wrong with your local git setup. — PetMarion, Jun 22 '20 at 08:12
For the sake of completeness (sometimes problems like this are not as complicated as they might seem): Having a non-existing remote repository configured can also result in this behavior - I recently found out by accidentally changing my origin's URL to `githu.com`. — Michael Trojanek, Jan 30 '17 at 22:48

score 72 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '13 at 02:22

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git config --global core.askpass "git-gui--askpass"

This worked for me. It may take 3-5 secs for the prompt to appear just enter your login credentials and you are good to go.

answered Oct 06 '13 at 02:22

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I ran this and now it keeps saying `error: cannot run git-gui--askpass: No such file or directory`, could you advise me on how to reverse this please? – hello_there_andy May 18 '15 at 20:21
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@hello_there_andy [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30294980/git-gui-askpass-no-such-file-or-directory) may help you. – forloop May 21 '15 at 02:54
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This line did nothing for me. Empty output. – AlwaysLearning Nov 12 '18 at 14:48
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After running this line, the problem is not solved and now when pushing, git keeps saying `error: cannot run git-gui--askpass: No such file or directory`. The solution added by @forloop helped me to reverse it. – Sebasthian Ogalde Apr 03 '19 at 23:32
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Worked perfectly fine for me. I didn't even have to enter any credentials. – Flip Nov 11 '21 at 12:36

score 43 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '19 at 19:39

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Restart your ssh agent!

killall ssh-agent; eval `ssh-agent`

answered Nov 20 '19 at 19:39

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That's the one! – EMon Jan 08 '20 at 14:09
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This worked for me too when my terminal was hanging indefinitely – colmjude Aug 04 '20 at 13:52
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it seems to happen again and again though :( this command helps sometimes, other times it will still halt. something's not right – jones Oct 24 '20 at 21:11
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Yes that doesn't sound right. Perhaps you should put this command in your bash profile so every time you load the terminal it will run it. – jburtondev Oct 24 '20 at 21:12
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I killed all tasks and now git push works. ‍♂️ – blaylockbk Nov 10 '21 at 21:45
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@blaylockbk lol – jburtondev Nov 10 '21 at 23:31
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This worked for me. Terminal on Mac was hanging after listing Enumerating... Counting... Writing... Total... but this killall freed it up. – Dave Pritlove Feb 23 '22 at 16:30
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THIS IS THE ONE! – rufatZZ May 12 '22 at 10:03
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2022 and this still works! – aRyhan May 22 '22 at 07:14

score 40 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 16 '17 at 16:37

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Try creating a script like ~/sshv.sh that will show you what ssh is up to:

#!/bin/bash
ssh -vvv "$@"

Allow execution of the ~/sshv.sh file for the owner of the file:

chmod u+x ~/sshv.sh

Then invoke your git push with:

GIT_SSH=~/sshv.sh git push ...

In my case, this helped me figure out that I was using ssh shared connections that needed to be closed, so I killed those ssh processes and it started working.

edited Dec 16 '17 at 16:37

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answered Sep 16 '13 at 17:52

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that was very helpful for me - Thanks! – Allan Nienhuis Mar 27 '14 at 19:25
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For debug, it's simpler to add `LogLevel DEBUG3` in `~/.ssh/config` – Jérémie Lesage Feb 11 '19 at 17:46
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I tried `git push -u origin master --verbose` but even that didn't show anything useful. After reading this solution I copied the whole `~/.ssh` from my older Linux pc to my Windows Cygwin64 home/user folder, worked like a charm. – Matteljay Oct 19 '19 at 12:52
Thank you. In my case it was enough to restart sshd: `sudo systemctl restart sshd` – Albert Mosiałek Mar 21 '20 at 17:28
After Adding logLevel Debug3, is ssh reload needed? I do not think so due to client side. – Timo Nov 03 '20 at 17:46
`GIT_SSH=~/sshv.sh git push ...`: Is this a GIT var and also a cmd to run/execute? Why is the var defined and not the script run with the git push param. I tested this: ssh -vvv 'git push', but no avail. – Timo Nov 03 '20 at 18:01

score 35 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 02 '21 at 02:40

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Try GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 git push

...Your problem may occur due to proxy settings, for instance if git is trying to reach github.com via a proxy server and the proxy is not responding.

With GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 it will show the target IP address and some information. You can compare this IP address with the output of the command: host www.github.com. If these IPs are different then you can set https_proxy="" and try again.

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answered Jun 09 '13 at 19:27

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That was the issue for me, thanks a lot! After disconnecting from the VPN I've managed to push. – stasdeep Feb 05 '21 at 19:54

Dominik Kolesár · Answer 5 · 2021-06-30T00:23:17.167

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Using "Command Prompt" (cmd) instead of git bash for initial push resolved the hang up for me. Since then I use git bash without any issues.

edited Jun 30 '21 at 00:23

answered Jun 19 '21 at 17:12

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I did not expect this to work! thanks for the tip – Keshav Gupta Jul 05 '21 at 12:28
Oh my god ... this worked. I wasn't expecting this – devnull69 Aug 17 '21 at 08:28

score 13 · Answer 6 · edited Dec 30 '16 at 06:50

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I had the same problem with absolutely same symptoms… I was about to rebuild my whole system in my despair)).

I even was so naive to try git config --global core.askpass "git-gui--askpass" as some people suggest here, but it didn't work… git push was still freeze…

But then I figured out that there was an error with my SSH agent. So I've restarted ssh-agent and… PROFIT

Conclusion: Always check your SSH Agent and SSHD server when you have troubles with ssh connection… I'm pretty sure that was your problem (And that's why it worked after reinstallation of your system)

edited Dec 30 '16 at 06:50

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answered Sep 26 '15 at 01:52

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how do you restart ssh-agent? I'm using linux – Yan King Yin Nov 16 '15 at 16:33
I restarted ssh-agent by terminating the `ssh-agent.exe` process. On windows, you can use `ps -ef | grep ssh` to find it, and `kill` to exterminate it. Restarting is probably safer. @YanKingYin – ashes999 Dec 30 '16 at 06:50
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@Yan King Yin Nov, I'm not sure about linux, but on mac I've done it using LaunchControl GUI or running: `sudo launchctl stop /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.openbsd.ssh-agent` and `sudo launchctl start /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.openbsd.ssh-agent`... Pretty sure linux should have something similar to bsd launchd… Like init-v or systemd way of stopping/starting agents/daemons… You could try this spell: `killall ssh-agent; eval $(ssh-agent)`. Let me know if it's working for you. – Drew Dec 31 '16 at 08:15
thanks, just ran into this problem and it was my ssh agent hanging too! would have taken me ages to figure it out myself – Martin DeMello Jun 30 '20 at 05:12

bstricks · Answer 7 · 2021-11-12T14:26:12.530

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In my case, the issue was the https seems to be no longer supported and I had to switch all my origins from the old https://github.com/username/myrepo to git@github.com:username/myrepo.git.

I did this with

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

edited Nov 12 '21 at 14:26

answered Nov 11 '21 at 22:03

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That's the one for me – Jomy Mar 17 '22 at 17:06

score 9 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 11:12

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I had the same issue. Stop worrying and searching endless complicated solutions, just remove git and reinstall it.

sudo apt-get purge git
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install git

Thats it. It should work now

answered Jan 10 '18 at 11:12

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This should be the answer, I'm using ubuntu 20 (2 years since your posted comment) and facing the same issue, I've reinstalled this and it's working now, – thienkhoi tran Sep 26 '20 at 07:25
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This is working fine in Ubuntu 20.04, thank you @gustavz – Kushan Gunasekera Dec 03 '20 at 12:33

score 6 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 14 '13 at 17:33

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Its worth checking if you are using the cygwin git or an external git (ie github).

If whereis git returns just /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/cmd/git.exe or similar its best to install the cygwin git package, this solved the problem for me.

answered Dec 14 '13 at 17:33

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score 4 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 20 '18 at 09:31

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I thought my Git windows screen was struck but actually a sign in prompt comes behind it.Check for it and enter your credentials and that's it.

answered Jan 20 '18 at 09:31

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Where is that sign in prompt? – Stefan Jun 14 '21 at 14:28

score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 22 '19 at 16:25

Had the same problem. Was a little bit confused but the thing was I had make a git init --bare on root, that means that you won't be able to push because of you don't have any rights. Instead make a new User or in my case I used Pi User and made git init --bare there, which then later on it worked.
git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000

Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP transports when POSTing data to the remote system. For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is sufficient for most requests.

I ended up setting the buffer for the local repo only, but it solved my issue `git config --local http.postBuffer 524288000` — user212514, Apr 16 '22 at 14:19

score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Aug 17 '21 at 20:59

For anyone experiencing this since 2021/08/13 and finding this question, it may be related to the recent auth policy changes on GitHub. They are no longer accepting username/password for authentication.

The solution is to set up ssh access or create a personal access token.

score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 23 '15 at 23:44

I just wanted to say that I'm having this issue on my AWS EC2 instances. I was trying to push from my EC2 instance itself, when I have it configured to only allow traffic in from the load balancer. I changed the rule to allow HTTP in from everywhere, but it still didn't fix the problem. Then I realized it's because my security groups are configured to not allow outbound traffic from my EC2 instances over HTTPS. I didn't have allow HTTPS inbound traffic to make it work, even though it's probably a good policy for you to have HTTPS available inbound.

BryanT · Answer 14 · 2021-12-14T18:18:17.960

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In my case a new public key on cPanel (my remote) was not yet authorized. My client was a new machine running Ubuntu 2020-04

git push origin

...worked, but prompted for the cPanel password.

I assume the git-gui process hung waiting for a password that I couldn't enter.

After authorizing my new key git-gui worked. It did prompt for the key store password.

edited Dec 14 '21 at 18:18

answered Mar 05 '21 at 01:04

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score 2 · Answer 15 · answered Dec 04 '21 at 17:56

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I had this same issue today, all I did to resolve it was remove origin git remote remove origin and re-add it git remote add origin https://github.com/username/project.git then I was able to push successfully.

answered Dec 04 '21 at 17:56

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score 1 · Answer 16 · edited Feb 28 '19 at 05:44

I'm wondering if it's the same thing I had...

Go into Putty
Click on "Default Settings" in the Saved Sessions. Click Load
Go to Connection -> SSH -> Bugs
Set "Chokes on PuTTY's SSH-2 'winadj' requests" to On (instead of Auto)
Go Back to Session in the treeview (top of the list)
Click on "Default Settings" in the Saved Sessions box. Click Save.

This (almost verbatim) comes from :

https://tortoisegit.org/issue/1880

score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 16:11

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This occurred for me when my computer's disk space was full. Delete some files & empty the trash to fix.

answered Dec 15 '15 at 16:11

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score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Oct 27 '16 at 18:55

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In my case the issue was there was some process that had locked my keychain access...

Force quit all other apps to make sure keychain access is not locked on your Mac

answered Oct 27 '16 at 18:55

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This was the issue in my case. Fortunately, git push hanged for multiple remotes so I knew there wasn't a problem with the remote's server. – Luka Ramishvili Dec 12 '17 at 08:03

score 1 · Answer 19 · edited Jun 17 '21 at 17:20

So when you type & enter git pish-u origin, GUI asking for your credentials should popup. In my case, after typing git pish-u origin, nothing happens until took a look at my task manager and found something running which I was certain was the GUI that should popup to ask your credentials. I decided to end its task. I was assuming that it will show an error on my gitbash but instead, the damn GUI finally showed up and I was able to finally progress.

score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Jun 20 '21 at 13:19

I'm new to this. I managed to solve my issue regarding the hanging git push command.

I recently installed git scm. In one of the installation options, I had selected to use git credential manager core. I assumed that it was installed automatically. But it looks like there was an error in that installation. I reinstalled git credential manager core from the website, and it works perfectly now.

score 1 · Answer 21 · answered Jul 14 '21 at 21:45

Use Git CMD, not Cygwin Bash Terminal.

By using the Git CMD, my system was able to authenticate my information on GitHub. After that, using bash worked fine. I understand that there was some sort of authentication the program was trying to do, but couldn't do from the bash terminal for some reason. Although this answer is not comprehensive, it does get the job done.

score 1 · Answer 22 · answered Sep 15 '21 at 17:14

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If you use windows credential manager, use CMD instead of git Bash. Then you can add an authentication method to proceed. This worked for me.

answered Sep 15 '21 at 17:14

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 11:25

I also had an issue where git hangs on the "Writing objects" part on Windows 7 (using msysgit, the default windows client from git) and this is the first hit I got in google, so I will also post my answer here.

git config --global core.askpass "git-gui--askpass" did not work unfotunately, but after some researching I found the tip on Git push halts on "Writing Objects: 100%" to use git config –global sendpack.sideband false which worked perfectly.

I can finally push from the commandline again!

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 15:01

I had two repositories, pushing to one of which worked fine. So, I compared their .git/config. The non-working one had at the end:

[http]
    sslVerify = false

The working one had instead:

[credential]
    helper = store

Changing .git/config solved the problem.

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Jun 02 '21 at 03:00

I spent hours trying to fix this and none of the recommendations worked. Out of frustration I moved the whole project to a backup folder, recloned a fresh and then copied over my files from backup folder. It worked!!. I suspect my issue was I committed node_module which was not excluded in .gitignore initially and removing from cache did not help/work. When I started from fresh the file size was a fraction compared to the earlier one.

Piovezan · Answer 26 · 2021-06-15T20:18:25.063

This probably works for other Windows setups (I faced the issue on Windows 7 Pro 32 bits BTW and trying to push to Bitbucket, not Github).

I tried reinstalling Git and fiddling with the installer configuration.

Got it working with the OpenSSH setting left out and choosing Not to use one when choosing a credentials manager, which is probably what the SSH agent explained in other answers is called on GNU/Linux, so the hanging was probably due to waiting for an assumingly unavailable Windows credentials manager to respond.

Loic · Answer 27 · 2021-07-01T03:25:08.230

I was faced with the same problem.
I use Github desktop for the normal action and it can push or pull, but it doesn't support force push, when I try to do some rebase work and it always failed to push force.
I tried add core.askpass, config the proxy but all not work. Finally I decided to watch the log of Github desktop and I found it use below command to push:

git -c credential.helper= -c protocol.version=2 push origin

I tried this one with force flag and it work, it finally ask me for the user name and password.
I am not sure which configuration make it work, but I think this may help.

EDIT: I tried to install manager-core from here and I am able to push. It seems like manager-core is not installed properly.

score 0 · Answer 28 · answered Mar 28 '22 at 18:52

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Sometimes I have this hanging issue when pushing a new branch from Android Studio and it does not give an error message. Usually, if I do a simple fetch from the master it will then work.

answered Mar 28 '22 at 18:52

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bogdanoff · Answer 29 · 2022-04-23T11:50:39.850

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In my case git was trying to use Ipv6 instead of Ipv4 to authenticate github and my terminal was stuck here set_sock_tos: set socket 3 IPV6_TCLASS 0x48.

To solve this I added AddressFamily option to ~/.ssh/config

Host github.com
  Hostname github.com
  AddressFamily inet 
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

test command:

ssh -vT git@github.com

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answered Apr 22 '22 at 16:20

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Git push hangs when pushing to Github?

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