[Solved] error: src refspec main does not match any

If you get the following error:

error: src refspec main does not match any
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/ao/xxx.git'
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This is because you probably haven’t committed any files to git yet!

Fix for: src refspec main does not match any

Make sure to add your files, if they have not been added yet:

git add .
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Commit your files:

git commit -m "your commit message"
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Push your changes to the git repo, remember to swap out the branch name as appropriate:

git push origin main
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