Git push error '[remote rejected] master -> master (branch is currently checked out)'

Question

Yesterday, I posted a question on how to clone a Git repository from one of my machines to another, How can I \'git clone\' from another machine?.

I am now

Answer 1

I had the same problem using Git to synchronise repositories on my Android phone and laptop. The solution for me was to do a pull instead of a push, as @CharlesBailey suggested.

git push origin master on the Android repository fails for me with the same error messages that @hap497 got because of a push to a nonbare checkout of a repository + working-copy.

git pull droid master on the laptop repository and working-copy works for me. Of course, you need to have previously run something like git remote add droid /media/KINGSTON4GB/notes_repo/.