Eclipse IDE Git client pushing code to github and getting “deletion of the current branch prohibited”

Question

I tried to push my code to github (by the Eclipse), and I encountered a problem.

I did the following steps:

1. On my project (in Eclipse) : right click > team > share project > click on "git" > next.

2. In configure git repository dialog:

   • Check: use or create repository in parent folder of project
   • Click on the line inside the table, this will enable Create Repository button.
   • Click Create Repository button.
   • Click finish

3. Connect project to remote repository previously created on Github:

   • Copy remote repository URL from github.
   • Go to Git perspective in Eclipse:
   • On Git Repositories view:
   • Go to Remotes section, right click it and choose Create Remote…
   • On New Remote dialog ­ click OK

4. On Configure Push dialog:

   • Push URIs section ­ click add
   • On Destination Git Repository ­ paste the URL copied from github into URI text field.
   • Press Finish.
5. Ref mappings section ­ click add.

6. On Create or Edit Refspec, Remote branch text field: type “refs/heads/master”.

   • Check "force update".
   • press OK.

In order to push your code to github:

• in Eclipse ­ right click on project name
• choose: Team | Push to upstream

After all that, I got this error:

deletion of the current branch prohibited
error: refusing to delete the current branch: refs/heads/master

How can I solve this problem?

Answer 1

Sorry, but your question is formated very bad which makes it hard to read.

I'd do the following:

• clone the project from github (using git console, tortoise git or SourceTree)
• Import the project in eclipse (import existing project into workspace)
• The eGit plugin will detect that this is a git project and automatically share it during the import
• You can now use the eGit plugin to pull/comit/push etc..