problem in pushing to github

Question

I have created a repository on github named pygame. Created a clone and added files and commited.but when I attempt to push I receive the following error:

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Answer 1

I recently experienced this problem when setting up a new clone of my github project.

You need to include your username in the URL to your project, in the form

https://user@github.com/project/...

For example, the URL provided for my test github is this:

https://github.com/jdblair/test.git

If I add my username to it, like this, then I'm able to push and pull from github with no problem:

https://jdblair@github.com/jdblair/test.git

It is easiest to use the URL that contains the username starting from when you clone a project.

You can change the URL for an existing project like this:

git remote set-url origin https://user@github.com/project/foo/bar.git

You can use the ssh authentication instead if you want, but that's a separate setup process.