Barry Fishman <barry_fishman@acm.org> writes:

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> $ git push --force /pub/git/foo.git master:master
> error: dst refspec master does not match any existing ref on the remote and does not start with refs/.
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> error: failed to push to '/pub/git/foo.git'

Read BOTH OF the error messages.  Especially the first one.

This error message is telling you that the dst side of the
refspec you supplied (that's the second 'master' in
"master:master") does not exist there, and we do not create it
unless you give a full refname that begins with refs/ (so that
push can tell if you want to create a tag or a branch).

$ git push /pub/git/foo.git master:refs/heads/master

would have worked, without --force.
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