Gitlab with Visual Studio 2022

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In VS 2022, I created a new project and added to local git on user interface.

I also created an empty project on gitlab with the same name.

In gitlab project homepage it helps you what to do.

  cd existing_repo

  git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/git_username/project.git

  git branch -M main

  git push -uf origin main

I switched to command line and run commands above.

When you push the project to remote repository git shows a window for authentication.

I selected browser login and git command got credentials from browser.

C:\project>git push -uf origin main
info: please complete authentication in your browser...
Enumerating objects: 1718, done.
Counting objects: 100% (1718/1718), done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (1688/1688), done.
Writing objects: 100% (1718/1718), 35.76 MiB | 540.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 1718 (delta 470), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (470/470), done.
remote: GitLab: You are not allowed to force push code to a protected branch on this project.
To https://gitlab.com/git_username/project.git
 ! [remote rejected] main -> main (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://gitlab.com/git_username/project.git'

The problem was VS created a branch named master, but in gitlab branch name was main.

I created a new branch named master on gitlab.

In command line switch to branch named master and push project to master.

C:\projectO>git branch -M master

C:\project>git push -uf origin master
Enumerating objects: 1718, done.
Counting objects: 100% (1718/1718), done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (1688/1688), done.
Writing objects: 100% (1718/1718), 35.76 MiB | 561.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 1718 (delta 470), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (470/470), done.
remote:
remote: To create a merge request for master, visit:
remote:   https://gitlab.com/git_username/project/-/merge_requests/new?merge_request%5Bsource_branch%5D=master
remote:
To https://gitlab.com/git_username/project.git

You can create a merge request in gitlab to push master branch into main.

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