"did you run git update-server-info" error on a Github repository

Question

I'm using the github Gui from their website to manage my repos, and I'm getting the following error:

fatal: https://github.com/TeaCodie/TeaCodie-Website.git/info/refs not found: 
did you run git update-server-info on the server?

How can I fix this?

Solution 1

You might have changed your repository name

In your local repository edit the file:

.git/config

Then check:

[remote "origin"]
   url = 

that the URL matches your remote repository

Solution 2

Did you create a new repository on the http://github.com with the same name?

If not, do it! And make sure each letter is correct and case sensitive.

Solution 3

In my case my github account did not have permissions to the repo. Added the github account as a collaborator for the repo and that fixed it.

Solution 4

This error mostly caused by WRONG URL, please check:

• http or https
• URL Name
• username@git_url
• wrong git name

Solution 5

It looks like that's a private (or deleted) repository; if you visit the repository page while logged it'll give you the real URL, which'll probably be https://[email protected]/TeaCodie/TeaCodie-Website.git , i.e. with a username specified?

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Comments

[Paul]

USER ERROR...i think i have sorted it now...but thats for your help

[Tyler]

Please explain what it was

[Enrichman]

Thanks, this was my case. I've changed my username from "Enrichman" to "enrichman"!

[sglessard]

Same here : was trying to clone an SVN repository by mistake.

[Abbas Gadhia]

yes! this was the solution. i was pulling off a deleted repository. someone silently deleted the repo without informing me :P

[AdityaSaxena]

thank you. exactly my problem and this solution worked.

[Arjun Mehta]

With newer versions of git you can do this from the command line: git remote set-url origin [email protected]:repoaccountname/repo-name.git

[Camille Goudeseune]

"did you run git update-server-info..." is a less useful question to ask than "did you misspell the repo".