Why does Heroku fail to detect Node.js buildpack?

Question

I git cloned a Node.js application (the version specified in the package.json being 4.1.2 and that of my local machine being 6.2.2) an

Answer 1

If you are working on a branch, you need to set master to track your branch

git branch -f --track master origin/branch_name

Check for package.json in master

git show master:package.json

If it's available, trying pushing again.

git push heroku master

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