I created a private repo but I can't push to it from the terminal

Question

I created a project in my terminal, Ubuntu. I then did

git init
git add .
git commit -m "fc"

Then, I created a PRIVATE repo on github.

Finally,

~$ git remote add github.com/my-user-name/XXXXXXX.git
~$ git push -u origin master

But I get this error

fatal: 'github.com/my-user-name/XXXXXXX.git' does not appear to be a git repository
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

I have SSH set up with this computer.

Thanks for the help.

Try this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18842120/git-pushing-to-a-private-repo — hedy, Aug 19 '20 at 03:02
Does this answer your question? [Git pushing to a private repo](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18842120/git-pushing-to-a-private-repo) — hedy, Aug 19 '20 at 03:03
See Github's docs: [Which remote URL should I use?](https://docs.github.com/en/github/using-git/which-remote-url-should-i-use) — Gino Mempin, Aug 19 '20 at 04:15

wjandrea · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-19T14:37:23.177

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You need to specify the protocol, like https:// or git://. Without the protocol, the URL refers to a file on your computer, which probably doesn't exist.

So for example,

git remote add origin https://github.com/my-user-name/XXXXXXX.git

edited Aug 19 '20 at 14:37

answered Aug 19 '20 at 03:14

wjandrea

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Thank you. I was using the wrong URL. Not the special SSH one. – Superintendent UI Aug 19 '20 at 11:39

I created a private repo but I can't push to it from the terminal

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