Message 'src refspec master does not match any' when pushing commits in Git

Question

I clone my repository with:

git clone ssh://xxxxx/xx.git 

But after I change some files and add and commit them,

Answer 1

For me I had to make sure the public key is properly configured on the server (appended in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys) and in GitHub/Bitbucket (added to my SSH keys on GitHub or Bitbucket) - they need to match.

Then:

git add --all :/

git commit -am 'message'

git push -u origin master

It worked for me in the end.