Git | Jeff Bailey

Fix: ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out

Fix: SSH Port 22 Timeout title over a silhouetted figure holding a light before a sealed dark gate while a glowing orange path curves around it to a bright citadel.

Your network blocks SSH on port 22, not your key. Route GitHub over ssh.github.com on port 443, make it permanent in ssh config, and verify with git.

Fix: Support for Password Authentication Was Removed

A terminal showing a git push rejected because password authentication is not supported.

GitHub rejects your Git password over HTTPS. Switch the remote to SSH, or create a personal access token and store it, so pushes stop asking.

Fix: src refspec main does not match any

Fix: src refspec Does Not Match title over a silhouetted figure beside a hollow blue wireframe rocket and a solid orange rocket glowing on its launch pad.

Git rejects the push with "src refspec main does not match any". Four causes: no commit yet, a different branch name, a typo, and nothing committed.

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Fix: Push Declined Due to Email Privacy Restrictions

GitHub rejects the push because your commit email is private. Set the GitHub noreply address, repair the commits you already made, and push again.

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