Git push: “fatal 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository - fatal Could not read from remote repository.”

Question

I know similar questions have already been asked.

But, I believe my issue is due to a mistake I have previously made and therefore is different: let me explain.

Answer 1

I had the same issue. When I checked my config file I noticed that 'fetch = +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/' was on the same line as 'url = Z:/GIT/REPOS/SEL.git' as shown:

[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = false
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
    symlinks = false
    ignorecase = true
[remote "origin"]
    url = Z:/GIT/REPOS/SEL.git     fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/master
[gui]
    wmstate = normal
    geometry = 1109x563+32+32 216 255

At first I did not think that this would have mattered but after seeing the post by Magere I moved the line and that fixed the problem:

[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = false
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
    symlinks = false
    ignorecase = true
[remote "origin"]
    url = Z:/GIT/REPOS/SEL.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/master
[gui]
    wmstate = normal
    geometry = 1109x563+32+32 216 255