Git pull fails : unable to update local ref
Solution 1
You've reversed the matching ref syntax, looks like. It should be <remote_ref>:<local_ref>
, but otherwise it looks like you're just attempting to pull biometric/try_merge
and force it into your local's try_merge
. Try this:
git checkout try_merge
git pull --force biometric try_merge
Otherwise I think this will work if you'd like to keep the matching ref syntax:
git pull biometric +try_merge:try_merge
Let me know in comments if these still throw your error, but either should work.
Solution 2
I had this issue and fixed it by simply removing the troublesome branch in .git/refs/remotes/origin/ and then do git fetch again.
Stanislav O Chernykh
Updated on July 05, 2022Comments
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Stanislav O Chernykh almost 2 years
I'm totally messed with my git repository. I can't push / pull remote branch..it disappeared from git extensions...
I use Git Extensions 2.33 , msysgit Git-1.7.11-preview20120710.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git.exe pull --progress "biometric" +refs/heads/try_merge:refs/remotes/biometric/try_merge error: unable to resolve reference refs/remotes/biometric/try_merge: No such file or directory From biometric.bmstu.ru:test ! [new branch] try_merge -> biometric/try_merge (unable to update local ref) Done $git fsck output error: bad ref for refs/remotes/biometric/try_merge
When i try to push something to remote git thinks that it is a brand new branch for remote repository. How can I recover it?
Sorry for bad english. Thanks for any help.