Git push error: “origin does not appear to be a git repository”

Question

I am following the instructions given here to create a Git repository. All went well until the last line:

$ git push -u origin master  

Answer 1

Your config file does not include any references to "origin" remote. That section looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
    url = git@foo.com:repository.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

You need to add the remote using git remote add before you can use it.