You’ve got a repository URL, you’ve opened your terminal, and you’ve typed what should be a simple command: And then this comes back: git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rightsand the repository exists. Or maybe you tried HTTPS and got this instead: Or … Read more
You’re in the middle of something. Maybe you’re pushing a hotfix, maybe you’re cloning a repo on a new machine, maybe you’re just trying to pull the latest changes. And then this shows up: Or maybe you see this version: Either way, Git just refused to let you in. No code got pushed. No repo … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe | Last Updated March 2026 You typed git push. You expected your code to fly up to GitHub. Instead, you got this: Please make sure you have the correct access rightsand the repository exists. And now you’re here, probably a little frustrated, wondering what you did wrong. Here’s the honest truth — … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe | Updated: March 2026 It was a Monday morning. I had just pulled down a tag to test a hotfix, ran a few git commands, made a small commit to validate something — and then it hit me. “You are in ‘detached HEAD’ state.” If you’ve seen that message and your heart … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe | Updated March 2026 You are mid-deployment. The pipeline fires, and then — nothing. Your terminal drops this: Sound familiar? A git push rejected error in a production CI/CD pipeline is one of those problems that looks simple on the surface but can have five different root causes — branch protection rules, … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe · Updated January 2026 Git vs Github Interview Questions. This is one of those questions that separates candidates in the first two minutes of an interview. “What is the difference between Git and GitHub?” It sounds simple. And the honest answer is simple. But you would be surprised how many candidates … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe · Updated March 2026 There is a specific problem with how most people prepare for Git interview questions. They find a list of commands. They read what each one does. They go into the interview and give answers that sound exactly like someone who found a list of commands and read … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe · Updated March 2026 Here is something nobody tells you before your first developer interview. The Git questions are not hard. They are not trick questions. They are not designed to catch you out. They are designed to find out one simple thing: have you actually used Git on a real … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe · Updated March 2026 Git shows up in almost every developer and DevOps interview. Not because interviewers love Git, but because Git knowledge is a reliable signal. A candidate who understands Git well enough to explain it clearly — not just use it — has usually put in serious time on … Read more
By Kedar Salunkhe · Updated March 2026 There is a specific kind of dread that hits when you run git merge or git pull and your terminal outputs this: If you’re new to Git, this feels like you’ve broken something. Like Git is stuck and you don’t know how to unstick it. You open … Read more