Troubleshooting
| Symptoms | Probable cause | Action |
|---|
Get the git: command not found message | The PATH environment is not set properly | ??? |
Get the fatal: not a git repository message | You are not in the correct folder | Go to the root folder using the cd command |
| | You forgot to initialize your folder as a git repository | Go to the root folder and use the git init command |
Get the error: failed to push error when pushing | The remote repository is in newer version than your local repository | Use the git pull command to get the latest version, then use the git merge command to merge. After that, stage, commit and push again |
Get the git: 'add.' is not a git command message when staging | You forgot the space between ‘add’ and ‘.’ | Put the correct command git add . |
Get the fatal: The upstream branch of your current branch does not match message | You input a wrong branch name when you initialized your git repository | Use the git branch -m command again and input the correct branch name |