远程分支中的 GIT 错误：无法从现有远程分支推送或拉取

Question

I am new to git, but I don't think I am doing anything wrong. gitk shows that the local branch is 1 step ahead of the remote branch:

branch1
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remotes/origin/branch1
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master-- remotes/origin/master

But when I do git push origin branch1 it shows

error: failed to push some refs to <remote-url>

Although, git push origin master works. If I do git pull origin branch1 , I get

fatal: couldn't find remote ref branch1

Here is the output for git remote show origin :

* remote origin
  Fetch URL: <remote-url>
  Push  URL: <remote-url>
  HEAD branch: (unknown)
  Remote branches:
    branch1         tracked
    master          tracked
  Local branches configured for 'git pull':
    branch1         merges with remote branch1
    master          merges with remote master
  Local ref configured for 'git push':
    master pushes to master (up to date)

Suspiciously there is a missing configuration for the local ref of branch1 for git push . Is that the problem ? How do I fix it ?

Answer 1

It seems branch1 is your local branch and it's not available in your remote repository.

If this is the case, then try the following command and see if it works:

git push -f origin branch1

Here, we are forcing to push branch1 . Keep in mind it is risky if the branch1 already exist in remote repository because it will override that remote branch.