git clone --bare：fatal：repository不存在

Question

I am using git version 1.7.10.4 on debian Wheezy.

I am trying to create a new repository (according to the 'manual of git-scm.com ) However everytime I get this fatal error:

fatal: repository 'poekoe' does not exist

So this is what I type at command line:

git clone --bare --progress poekoe poekoe.git

I also tried this on a sqeeze distribution and there it works fine. (git version on squeeze is: git version 1.7.2.5)

All installed packages on the wheezy distribution are:

libcurl4-gnutls-dev
libexpat1-dev
gettext
vim
libz-dev
libssl-dev
git

all to get this working.

Does anybody know how to fix this? I am running the script as root

Answer 1

git clone --bare --progress poekoe poekoe.git

That git clone only works if your current directory does contain the repo poekoe .

If your current folder is empty, then the error message makes sense.

The URLs section recommends using absolute paths:

$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git

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The OP Bonifatiusk reports in the comments a solution depending on git version:

I found this:

git --bare init poekoe.git : this is indeed different from older versions who will init a new repo using --bare with clone.

Answer 2

Sharing for future readers...

One possibility can be access rights . Make sure that you have at least read access to your main repository which you're trying to interact with.

On web based git solutions such as Bucket and Hub , this issue is unlikely since access permissions is handled by them in many cases.

Answer 3

you get this error(fatal: repository 'pekoe' does not exist) when you don't follow the steps properly in git.

step-1:: install git and config with command

git config --global user.name eg., mack09 git config --global email

step-2:: the go to Github website create a new repository step-3:: copy the address from right-hand side https://github.com/mack09/repo.git

step-4:: go to git bash or cmd , create a folder to store all your project do go to the folder you created and now you are in created folder. step-5:: do this git clone https://github.com/mack09/repo.git step-6:: add heart.txt and git commit-m " message" and git push origin master. I tried this step it worked so try it and reply whatever the result.