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I am getting zsh: number expected whenever I`m running the following command:-

Command - git push --set-upstream origin branch_name

I`m using Oh My Zsh as my terminal in MacBook Pro with M1 chip.

I even tried another command like git push -u origin my_branch, but this also not working giving out the same error message zsh: number expected

More on use of --set-upstream here & why do we need to do it all the time is here.

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  • I can't reproduce it with a branch named either branch_name or my_branch. Perhaps the message comes from one of your git hooks? Did you try to temporarily disable your hooks? Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 12:49
  • Have you tried put any library inside the brackets, for instance - git push --set-upstream origin resampling(asyncio) Commented Apr 22, 2022 at 10:20
  • You would have to quote the last argument, i.e. 'resampling(asyncio)', otherwise zsh takes it as filename generation flags. Commented Apr 22, 2022 at 11:24
  • Alright, I`ll try that out too. Thank you for your suggestion 👍🏻 Commented Apr 22, 2022 at 18:24

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I got the solution for this issue:

Earlier I was running git push --set-upstream origin branch_name, with some library name in the branch name within the brackets.

For instance: git push --set-upstream origin resampling(asyncio)

What I found out is, () usually treats the content somehow differently.

And I was having zsh: number expected error as it was expecting a version number for the mentioned library.

To resolve this, I made a new branch and removed () from the branch name & the same command git push --set-upstream origin branch_name worked fine.

Hope this answer would be helpful for the community.

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