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In my desktop, I have a folder named azerty, into this folder I have a file named index.html. Into this file, I wrote <h1>test</h1>.

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On Bitbucket, I have to create my repository. I named this repository like the name of the folder which is on my desktop, so azerty.

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My repository is created

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Now, I open GIT bash.

Here are my steps:

1- git init 2- git clone https://[email protected]/Geek8006/azerty.git 3- git status

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I don't understand why, I have a new folder azerty into my folder azerty (in my desktop)?

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Then...

4- git add . 5- git status 6- git commit -m "test"

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When I do the last step:

7- git push origin master

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I have this error message

$ git push origin master fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

In summary, I have 2 problems:

1- Why I have a new folder azerty into my folder azerty in my desktop ?

2- There are several subjects on the

fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

like here -> Git push: "fatal 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository - fatal Could not read from remote repository."

But, it does not work.

Thank you a lot for your help.

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    Whilst helpful context, please don't include images of text in questions, just put the text. It's easier to read, and doesn't prevent visually impaired readers from seeing the question. Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 9:15
  • @AD7six: Ah! Sorry... Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 18:34

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No need to clone: you can add to your local repopsitory a reference to your new remote repository:

cd C:\path\to\my\repo git remote add https://url/new/repo git push -u origin main

That way, you keep your existing local repository, and add it a remote origin for you to push your content.

Make sure to delete your nested clone first.

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This way, the nested repository is still committed in the outer repository. I don't think that @joel intended to have a nested repository that points to the same remote.
@Matt I would delete the nested clone first indeed.
I think that OP did not realize that there is a nested clone.
@Orace Yes, but no need to restart from scratch: delete the nested folder, add the remote, and push.
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day .... You are right. As I guess OP is a newbie in git, I think it's also good to show OP the correct way to do it from the start point not the current mess OP is now. Anyway it's better to show both and our answers are complementary on this point.
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When you cloned your repository, Git cloned it into a new folder azerty inside the directory that you already initialised as another Git repository. You should use either git clone or git init (and add a remote later) but not both.

So now you have an initialised repository without a remote which is why you get the error that origin is not know. And you have a cloned repository (with a remote) inside the azerty folder.

I recommend that you just delete both local repositories and start from scratch. You can specify the directory that a repository should get cloned into by passing this as an argument to git clone. To use the current directory, simply pass a ..

rm -rf ./.git # remove the .git folder rm -rf ./azerty # remove the nested repository git clone <repository> . # clone into current directory git add index.html git commit -m "Add index.html"
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Thank you very much Matt.
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Problem analysis

With those two commands:

  1. git init
  2. git clone https://example.com/azerty.git

You are creating two git repository.

  • The first one (I will call it A), created with the init command.
    • Is empty
    • Has his root in the current directory
    • Has no origin
  • The second one (I will call it B), created with the clone command.
    • Is a clone of a distant repository
    • Has an origin (the distant repository)
    • Has his root located in a new directory named azerty created in the current directory. That explain why you have a new azerty directory.

Git warn you explicitly about that (yellow hint)

you've added another git repository inside your current repository

Since it has been created with init, A doesn't have an origin.

When you try to push you are in the root directory of A so you are trying to push A. Since A doesn't have an origin, the push fail.

Solution

Restart from scratch:

  • Save your important files in a temporary folder.
  • Use git clone where you want the azerty folder to appear.
  • move your files into the azerty folder (or any sub folder).
  • Use:
    • git add .
    • git commit
    • git push
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Thank you a lot for your explanations. It's ok. :-)
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git remote -v //To check if anything is there in origin

If there is nothing then do

git remote add origin https://[email protected]/Geek8006/azerty.git git remote -v //To check again if it is listed

After this, you can commit and push.

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Thank you a lot for your help. My problem is solved! Thank you. :-)
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Solution 1:

The git init command creates a new Git repository. It can be used to convert an existing, unversioned project to a Git repository or initialize a new, empty repository.

Please visit for reference link.

Solution 2:

That error occurred because it's remote origin is not set. In order to set the origin you need to run this command. [refer dummy example]

git remote add origin https://repositoryurlpath.git

Dummy example

git add . git commit -m "Your commit message" git remote add origin https://repositoryurlpath.git git push origin master

Tips ahead

Check if the remote origin is set

git remote -v

Reset the remote origin

git remote remove origin git remote add origin https://repositoryurlpath.git
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