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This article outlines the necessary steps to resolve the fatal issue: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository error in Git . This error git push origin <branch-name>is related to the command.

Here are some of the most likely causes of fatal errors: fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository error.

1. Your remote fork (origin) may be missing.
2. Your remote's URL configuration may have changed.

If you git initinitialized your local repository using the command and failed to link the repository with the remote repository, you will get the same error if you try to push changes.

Fix fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository Error in Git

We now know why this error pops up on Git. How do we fix it?

We first need to check if our local repository has the source. We will run the command below.

$ git remote -v

If you don't see the origin listed in the output, your origin remote repository may be missing or you haven't linked your local repository with the remote repository.

To set it up, go to the GitHub account where your remote repository is located and follow the steps below.

1. On your GitHub account, go to Repositories and select the repository you want to link to your local repository.

   

2. Click on the code and copy the link to your repository.

   

3. On the Git terminal, run the following command to add origin to your repository.

   $ git remote add origin<URL>
   

In our example:

$ git remote add origin https://github.com/Wachira11ke/Git-Tutorials.git

As shown below, we can run git branchthe command to check out the remote branch in our repo.

$ git branch -a

Output:

* master
  remotes/origin/master

git push origin masterWe can now push our code by running the command as shown below .

The above command will push to our origin and create a branch called master .

If the problem persists, your URL may not be referenced correctly. We can correct this by running the command shown below.

$ git remote set-url origin ssh://git@github.com/gitusername/newRepositoryName.git

If the above doesn't work, you can also change master to origin.

$ git pull origin master

In summary, we have introduced three methods that can be used to resolve the above Git errors. Before pushing your code, always link your local repository with the remote repository.