error: src refspec master does not match any

Question

I have tried to follow the solutions suggested in this post but it didnt work and I am still getting: src refspec master does not match any.

Here is what I did: Fo

Answer 1

This error is also caused due to an unmatched local branch name. Make sure that you are giving correct local branch name (check spelling and case sensitivity)
I had the same error because my local branch name was "validated" and was trying to push the changes using git push -f origin validate, updated that to git push -f origin validated worked.

Hope this helps.