How to Fix “error: src refspec master does not match any” in Git

When you try to push your changes to the master branch using Git by using the below command

$ git push origin master

you might get an error which says "error: src refspec master does not match any"

So, let's try to find the problem and fix this error, we have some solution regarding 'error: src refspec test does not match any'.

Solution 1:

Recently GitHub has renamed its master branch to main so the most common reason is that you might be pushing to the wrong branch. So the git is complaining because you are pushing changes to the non-existent “master” branch. Try to replace the "master" with "main" and try again

$ git push origin main

If the above doesn't work then you should check what is the default branch you are in and then try to push the changes to the default branch.

Solution 2:

If you have not committed and trying to push the branch to Git will result in an “error: src refspec master does not match any” error. So try to commit all the files and then try to push again.

So the most common fix for the “error: src refspec master does not match any” error is Solution 1 where we are trying to push to a branch which doesn't exist.