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fatal: '/path/to/some/directory' 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.

you have either explicitly typed it or configured Git so that it receives a command such as :
git pull someRemote someBranch
based on the remote name, Git infers a URL to pull from :
- git remote -v | grep -E '^someRemote'
- git remote get-url someRemote
when that URL is not available, you get the error message above

Several reasons may cause this error :

the URL you're trying to connect to actually is not available :
- for an https://... URL or a git@... SSH URL :
  - network / connectivity issue
  - server down
- for a /path/to/some/dir URL :
  - is the storage media actually mounted ?
OR : the Git repository you're trying to pull from has several configured remotes — some of which that are intermittently available (only at home / only at work) — and you're actually trying to pull from the wrong remote. Make sure you've not typed git pull origin master automatically

Run :
[ -n "$http_proxy" ] && git config --global http.proxy "$http_proxy"; [ -n "$https_proxy" ] && git config --global https.proxy "$https_proxy"
to append to ~/.gitconfig :
```
[http]
        proxy = http://12.34.56.78:1234
[https]
        proxy = https://12.34.56.78:1234
```
retry the git clone

Full message :

Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,K,J,g,/,e,?]? e
error: patch fragment without header at line 51: @@ -129,5 +145,7 @@
Your edited hunk does not apply. Edit again (saying "no" discards!) [y/n]?

This answer has some interesting information about editing hunks (but not the answer to the current issue, though )

Possible cause	Solution
a Git bug (sources: 1, 2)	Don't split + edit hunks, edit them directly.
My editor (Emacs) is configured to delete trailing whitespace before saving, which deletes context lines from the patch (these lines contain only a single `SPACE` character) (source)	disable this Emacs hook use a different text editor : export EDITOR=vim alternate solution in Emacs configuration file, replace (source) : (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace) with : (add-hook 'before-save-hook (lambda () (unless (eq major-mode 'diff-mode) (delete-trailing-whitespace))))

git clone https://git.domain.tld/path/to/myRepository/

Cloning into 'myRepository'...
fatal: unable to access 'https://git.domain.tld/path/to/myRepository/': server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none

GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true git clone https://git.domain.tld/path/to/myRepository/

This applies to any Git command, not only git clone.
To make this permanent :
git config --global http.sslVerify false
This does the job but the --global flag disables server certificate validation for all repositories, making you vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack. Instead (source) :
1. jump to the root directory of your Git repository :
  cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
2. disable server certificate validation for this repository only :
  git config http.sslVerify false

When trying to git push from a remote back to the origin, I get this error message :

remote: error: refusing to update checked out branch: refs/heads/master
remote: error: By default, updating the current branch in a non-bare repository
remote: error: is denied, because it will make the index and work tree inconsistent
remote: error: with what you pushed, and will require 'git reset --hard' to match
remote: error: the work tree to HEAD.
remote: error:
remote: error: You can set 'receive.denyCurrentBranch' configuration variable to
remote: error: 'ignore' or 'warn' in the remote repository to allow pushing into
remote: error: its current branch; however, this is not recommended unless you
remote: error: arranged to update its work tree to match what you pushed in some
remote: error: other way.
remote: error:
remote: error: To squelch this message and still keep the default behavior, set
remote: error: 'receive.denyCurrentBranch' configuration variable to 'refuse'.
To /path/to/my/repo/.git
 ! [remote rejected] master -> master (branch is currently checked out)
error: failed to push some refs to '/path/to/my/repo/.git'

As said by this error message : you just can NOT push to a non-bare Git repository (details).

Some solutions are still available :

pull from your origin instead of pushing from a remote
OR check out a different branch in the target repository, then push
OR make the original repository bare, and push whatever you like
OR set the receive.denyCurrentBranch in config as suggested to allow pushing to checked-out branches, and take care of the discrepancies
OR possibly even force push would work, I don't suggest that

Working with local and remote branches, when sitting on a remote branch and after pulling from origin to remote, git status says :

Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by n commits.

(n being the number of commits I made on the origin).

On the remote, the commits I made on the origin are there. It looks like only the count of commits is wrong.

On the remote branch, run :

git fetch origin

This error message is fairly explicit. To fix this :

git stash : save your work in progress
git pull -f : get updates from the repository
git stash pop : apply the local changes on top of the update

GIT - Errors

git pull fails : fatal: '/path/to/some/dir' does not appear to be a git repository

Situation

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git clone fails : fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/.../....git/': gnutls_handshake() failed: An unexpected TLS packet was received.

patch fragment without header + Your edited hunk does not apply during git add --interactive

Situation

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Git command fails : fatal: unable to access 'https://git.domain.tld/path/to/myRepository/': server certificate verification failed.

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git push origin master ends up with remote: error: refusing to update checked out branch: refs/heads/master

Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by n commits. after successfully pulling from origin to remote

Situation

Details

Solution

git pull complains Your local changes to 'myFile' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting.