Fix: GitHub Actions Runner Failed to Start or Connect
Fix GitHub Actions self-hosted runner failures including connection issues, version mismatches, and registration problems with step-by-step solutions.
Tag: github
9 articles
RSSFix: error: failed to push some refs to remote
How to fix Git error 'failed to push some refs' caused by diverged branches, remote changes, protected branches, authentication failures, and pre-push hooks.
Fix: Git remote rejected — file exceeds GitHub's file size limit of 100.00 MB
Resolve the GitHub push error when a file exceeds the 100 MB size limit by removing the large file from history, using Git LFS, or cleaning your repository with BFG Repo Cleaner.
Fix: CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in file — fix conflicts and then commit the result
How to fix Git merge conflicts during merge, rebase, cherry-pick, and pull — resolve conflict markers, use merge tools, accept theirs or ours, abort, and prevent future conflicts.
Fix: fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
How to fix the 'fatal: not a git repository' error in Git by checking your working directory, initializing a repo, recovering a deleted .git folder, and resolving submodule, CI/CD, and IDE path issues.
Fix: git stash pop – CONFLICT, local changes would be overwritten, no stash entries found
How to fix git stash errors: 'CONFLICT' after git stash pop, 'Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten', 'No stash entries found', and 'Could not restore untracked files from stash entry'. Covers stash pop vs apply, conflict resolution, recovering dropped stashes, and stashing untracked files.
Fix: Permission denied (publickey) – Git SSH Authentication Failed
How to fix '[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey)' and 'fatal: Could not read from remote repository' when pushing or cloning over SSH. Covers key generation, ssh-agent, GitHub/GitLab setup, and edge cases.
Fix: git push rejected – non-fast-forward error
How to fix 'error: failed to push some refs' and '! [rejected] main -> main (non-fast-forward)' in Git. Covers pull, rebase, force push, and edge cases.
Fix: fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories
How to fix the Git error 'fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories' when pulling, merging, or rebasing branches that don't share a common ancestor.