git error: src refspec main does not match any

[theenglishlab]

trying to push my first commit to github and getting this refspec error. did they change the default branch name from master?

 

[Nick_Morton]

yeah they totally did. github switched from `master` to `main` as the default branch a while back. it's cuz of the 'master/slave' connotations tbh. so now when you initialize a new repo, it's `main` by default. you probably just need to do `git branch -M main` locally then `git push -u origin main`. should fix the refspec error you're seeing.

 

[adward]

yeah they totally did. github switched from `master` to `main` as the default branch a while back. it's cuz of the 'master/slave' connotations tbh. so now when you initialize a new repo, it's `main` by default. you probably just need to do `git branch -M main` locally then `git push -u origin main`. should fix the refspec error you're seeing.

oh awesome thanks for the clear explanation