[SOLVED] git multiple accounts and repository problems

Issue

I want to use git with Visual Studio project. I already had a personal account which worked fine. Now my employer gave me a new account and visual studio is still trying to push to my personal account and gives me error on publish and syncs.

So i followed this tutorial:https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-how-to-work-with-github-and-multiple-accounts--net-22574

• created new ssh key
• created an identity to it
• added that ssh key to my github account
• added identity to ssh config

Now some of the things i am unclear about

i have created 2 origins + the default one which are origin (default) myorigin (not used) georigin (path:git@github-ge:ge/geweb)

when i type $ git config --global -l it gives me my correct(employer's) user.name and user.email

geweb is the name of my new repository the url of my repository is:https://github.com/ge/geweb.git

when i try pushing to georigin it says repository not found when i try pushing to origin it says error: src refspec master does not match any.

also, no where have i mentioned my second git account's username and password

also, i have 2 emails in my git account user.email in config is not the primary one. could that be the reason?

i am quiet confused at how it works end-to-end.

After failing to push i tried to unbind the project from source and deleted .git files from my project folder but team explorer is still showing unsynced commits and changes

the output of git remote -v is:

• myorigin git@github-ge:ge:getWeb.git (fetch)
• myorigin git@github-ge:ge:geWeb.git (push)

Solution

So, it turned out that i had multiple problems with setting up my account.

1. it was picking the wrong origin which was identified by Shaun and Marina

So, i removed the wrong one and added the correct one (georign)

2. I had added a readme file to the default repository it was giving me error: hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g. hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again. hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.

so i tried a pull before pushing and it turned out i had to --allow-unrelated-histories

git pull georigin master --allow-unrelated-histories

and then

git push georigin master

Thats it!!! (phew)

Answered By - Samra

Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)