DevOps

What this error means You tried to push, but the remote branch is ahead of yours. Git prevents you from overwriting remote commits you don’t have locally. The safest fix is to bring those commits into your branch (via rebase or merge),......

What this error means Git is telling you the command you ran requires a working tree (checked-out files) but your current context is a bare repository or you pointed Git at only a .git directory. Commands like status, add, checkout,......

Overview On Windows, you can hit fatal: filename too long when Git encounters paths exceeding the traditional MAX_PATH limit (260 characters). Modern Git for Windows can bypass this limit if you: Enable Git's core.longpaths Enable Windows......

Overview When Git LFS returns “This repository is over its data quota,” the server has blocked LFS object downloads or uploads due to exceeding storage or bandwidth limits. You can: Unblock work temporarily by skipping LFS......

Overview Git shows “fatal: pathspec '…' did not match any files” when a path or pattern you provided doesn’t match any tracked or visible files. Typical causes include wrong relative path, shell globbing issues, ignored files, case......

What this error means You see this when running git remote add origin <url> but a remote named origin is already defined in the repo’s .git/config. It often happens after cloning, re-initializing, or re-running a setup script in......

Overview The error "fatal: No such remote: origin" means your repository has no remote named origin, or the name is misspelled in your command or config. This guide shows fast, practical fixes for DevOps workflows (local, CI/CD,......

Overview This error means Git cannot find or use a remote named "origin". Common causes: No remote configured Remote exists under a different name The remote URL is wrong (typo, missing .git suffix, wrong protocol) You are in......

What this error means Git could not find the branch, tag, or ref path you asked it to fetch, pull, or checkout from the remote. Typical causes: The branch/tag does not exist on the remote. Wrong name (typo or case mismatch) or wrong......

Overview Many Git hosts (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) removed password-based HTTPS authentication. If you see: HTTP Basic: Access denied Authentication failed for ... switch from account passwords to one of: Personal Access Tokens (PATs)......

Overview HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) and 504 (Gateway Timeout) during Git push or fetch usually point to: Reverse proxy timeouts or buffering (Nginx/Apache, load balancers). Server-side issues (hooks failing, disk/full inode,......

Overview The Git error: fatal: unable to access 'https://<host>/<org>/<repo>.git/': Could not resolve host: <host> means DNS resolution failed for the remote host. This is rarely a Git bug; it’s usually a......