! [remote rejected] main -> main (failure) , failed to push some refs, when trying to push to the only branch in a repository

Question

I'm working on this discord bot, and I only got 1 branch in my repository, ain't needing more. I opened up my command line the way I have been for the past few weeks, and it said something about git --version that was wrong but then it bypassed it or something and console started to work. Then I made a few tweaks to an existing file and simply did git status to see if it was addable for a commit which it was. Then i did git add * which worked, then git commit -m "fixed negative number error" and then when I did git push origin main which I have been doing for weeks, it said

Enumerating objects: 15, done.
Counting objects: 100% (15/15), done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (11/11), done.
Writing objects: 100% (11/11), 967 bytes | 483.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 11 (delta 8), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (8/8), completed with 4 local objects.
remote: fatal error in commit_refs
To https://github.com/andyforprez/exebot.git
 ! [remote rejected] main -> main (failure)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/andyforprez/exebot.git'

And it didn't push that file to the repository, even though in VSCode the M sign disappeared as if it did push.

Any suggestions?

Unfortunately this is not a solution, but some kind of support, as I'm having the same issue, and starting from today too! — Tox46, Aug 10 '21 at 15:40
https://www.githubstatus.com/ reports that GitHub is having some problems at the moment. — 0x5453, Aug 10 '21 at 15:42
I'm having the same issue. Good to know it's just a server-side problem — EmVee, Aug 10 '21 at 15:43
All of the victims are gathering here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37341960/how-do-i-fix-remote-fatal-error-in-commit-refs-errors-trying-to-push-with-git — Stanislav Bashkyrtsev, Aug 10 '21 at 15:45
Thanks to DuckDuckGo, sent me here directly (when searched `! [remote rejected] main -> main (failure)` ) saving a lot of trouble and stress. — secrethash, Aug 10 '21 at 16:07

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:43

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Seems like github is down, check this website for github status update

answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:43

Zikou

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it was the issue in my scenario. – djangodeveloper Mar 27 '23 at 13:13

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:54

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Github is down. Just check https://www.githubstatus.com/

Apparently it happens every now and then.

answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:54

Berg_Durden

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:53

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github is down currently they also mention on their twitter account

also you can check the status here : https://www.githubstatus.com/

answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:53

Haseeb hanif

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 10 '21 at 16:36

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Seems like you can push again. At least i just managed twice in a row

answered Aug 10 '21 at 16:36

grib

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! [remote rejected] main -> main (failure) , failed to push some refs, when trying to push to the only branch in a repository

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