Stabilizing the error: fatal could not read from remote repository with the best answers

Question

The error:

$ git push website +master:refs/heads/master
Bill@***.com's password:
Connection closed by 198.91.80.3
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

occurred when I set git up with http://danielmiessler.com/study/git/#website to manage my site. I've tried to fix it since some days but not resolved it yet. Can someone suggest a relevant solution to fix fatal could not read from remote repository issue? Much appreciate of your support.

 · Accepted Answer

You could simply run this command:

git remote set-url origin git@accountname.com:your-repository.git

where git@accountname.com is the url to your hosting of repository with your account name and your-repository.git is your repository name.

elveralowe · Answer

The username that SSH should send is part of the URL for your remote. The username should be followed by @ before the remote hostname.

git remote set-url website abc@***.com:path/to/repo

Paul Guy · Answer

Most likely, your ssh key was removed from ssh agents

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

where id_rsa refers to a ssh-key associated with git repo

It is possible to get a Could not open a connection to your authentication agent. error. To resolve this, you will need to restart the agent by:

eval `ssh-agent -s`

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