connect to existing GIT repo

[Andrew Spiers]

If you haven't added anything new on the new device, maybe try a git
reset --hard origin master on the new laptop.

On 26 May 2017 at 19:28,  <ashaw at seberg.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a remote password store GIT repo, and have a few devices set up to sync. All works well, but I'm struggling
> to get a new Linux Fedora laptop to sync for the first time. I've run through the setup, but my initial attempt to
> pull from the remote repo gives me this:
>
> There is no tracking information for the current branch.
> Please specify which branch you want to merge with.
> See git-pull(1) for details.
>
>     git pull <remote> <branch>
>
> If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:
>
>     git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> master
>
> Likewise, when I try to push:
>
> pass git push
> fatal: The current branch master has no upstream branch.
> To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream, use
>
>     git push --set-upstream origin master
>
> Which I try:
>
> pass git push --set-upstream origin master
> To ssh://<host>/<repo>
>  ! [rejected]        master -> master (non-fast-forward)
> error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://<host>/<repo>'
> 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.
>
> I've looked at some of the GIT posts to try and figure this out, but so far I'm unable to get past this.
>
> Can anyone advise as to how to get this working?
>
> Many thanks.
>
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