How to fix "cannot be resolved to branch" on git push?

Question

When I do a git status, I get my branch:

$ git status
On branch OfflineLoading

When I tried to git push, I get:

$ git push origin OfflineLoading
fatal: OfflineLoading cannot be resolved to branch.

When I check the branches, it is not there:

$ git branch
   branch1
   branch2
   branch3
   branch4

How do I fix this?

Solution 1

The common issue is case mistake. I got the same issue before. The better way to do it is to check what are the branch names:

$ git branch
  master
 *branch1
  Branch2

you can compare the branch on above, then push it with the name you got.

$ git push origin Branch2

or

$ git push origin branch1

Solution 2

In addition to Kyle's answer,

In cases where you already have a branch name like "BugFix/item001" and pushed it to your repository, and then you created another branch with the name "Bugfix/item002", you will still get the same error even if you try to push the branch with the correct casing. I believe this is because of the "BugFix" folder being created already and future branches will use the same folder.

It is still a casing mistake but really misleading.

Solution 3

My branch name was feature/S212121_TestCase_review_Dashboard

When I try to push code to this branch feature/S212121_TestCase_review_Dashboard by using following command:

git push origin feature/S212121_TestCase_review_Dashboard
fatal: feature/S212121_TestCase_review_Dashboard cannot be resolved to branch

Then I have renamed the my branch using following command:

git branch -m TestCase_review_CWLA_Dashboard

After that I have used following command to push the code:

git push --set-upstream origin TestCase_review_CWLA_Dashboard

This works for me I am able to push the code to branch.

Solution 4

It might be because you are not in the latest master branch.

For this you could check with terminal commands on the master branch:

git pull  

or

git pull origin (master branch)

and checked your branch.

I created a new branch

git checkout -b newbranch 

and pushed to a new branch from the old branch that "has cannot be resolved" error using:

git push origin newbranch 

This worked for me.

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Comments

[Hime]

Did you create and changed your work to your new branch? This can be helpful: stackoverflow.com/questions/11860362/…

[Pankaj Singhal]

I guess you might be doing some spelling mistake / case mistake. Ideally, it should make the remote branch if it doesn't exist or push to remote branch if it exists. Your command seems correct

[Matt Kuhns]

I checked the spelling and it is right. Do I need to set upstream?

[Yuri G.]

can you post the output of git show-ref | grep -i OfflineLoading

[k0pernikus]

Is the local branch tracking the upstream one?

[torek]

How did you create this branch OfflineLoading? Specifically, did you use git checkout --orphan? If so, that's the problem: orphan branches aren't actually created until you commit something into them. If not, something is seriously wrong on your computer / in your repository.

[Jeff Puckett]

Also please share what version of git, operating system, and if/what git GUI you're using.

[Matt Kuhns]

Thanks for all the responses. I just bit the bullet and saved off my repo and cloned again. Then I overlayed files with my saved directory. Not elegant, but did the trick.

[shashikant kuswaha]

most of the time it changes the first letter with caps , you try by doing ``` git branch``` and search your branch and then checkout that branch and then do the git push

[DawnSong]

Correct answer. My solution is renaming the old branches to something else, then renaming them back. It's caused by "git case sensitivity" problem.

[SwissNavy]

exactly my case, the suggested workaround worked.

[José Veliz]

This works for me thanks!

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