Why do I get error: RPC failed; result=52, HTTP code = 0 fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly when pushing to github?

Question

I created a new repository on github and wanted to push some files. So I initialize the repository like normal and do git add . to add the current directory (which is my java project folder with bin and src folder inside). Then I added the remote directory using:

git remote add https://github.com/username/project.git

Then I made my first commit git commit -m "First Commit"

then I type git push -u origin master and I get this error:

Counting objects: 63, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (60/60), done.
Writing objects: 100% (62/62), 16.98 KiB, done.
Total 62 (delta 15), reused 0 (delta 0)
error: RPC failed; result=52, HTTP code = 0
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Everything up-to-date

But if I add just one file and try to commit just a single file, it works.

What is going on? Why can I not commit my whole Java project? Its a pretty small project only 214k. Please help! Thanks!

Answer 1

Bitbucket has the same error message. Often it is related to degraded server performance. Before you start doing anything else, check:

• https://bitbucket.status.atlassian.com/

• https://www.githubstatus.com/