I cant push to the "main" default branch

Question

I just created a new repo and it had the "main" branch as the default branch. When I try to push to main I get the following error

error: failed to push some refs to

However, if I create a new branch master, I can push to it without any problem.

Post the entire error you get and the command you use. – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Dec 05 '20 at 13:37 — Arkadiusz Drabczyk, Dec 05 '20 at 13:37

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-06T02:37:13.800

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For your first push, assuming your are on the local branch main yourself, you would do:

git push -u origin main

If you are on a local master branch:

First, make sure any new local repository is created with the default branch "main" (see init.defaultBranch)
Second, rename your master branch as main
```
git branch -m master main
```

Then the git push -u origin main will work.

edited Dec 06 '20 at 02:37

answered Dec 06 '20 at 01:04

VonC

Thanks, I will try. What does the "-u" and "-m" mean? – ElectronDevTools007 Dec 06 '20 at 02:04
It works..but, I dont know why or how..can you elaborate a little bit, Thanks. – ElectronDevTools007 Dec 06 '20 at 02:13
@ElectronDevTools007 Regarding the -u, see my anwer https://stackoverflow.com/a/17096880/6309 – VonC Dec 06 '20 at 02:34
@ElectronDevTools007 -m rename the branch: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-branch#Documentation/git-branch.txt--m – VonC Dec 06 '20 at 02:35

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