Fix for Remote rejected shallow update not allowed after changing Git remote URL

shallow_update_git.md

Some Time there is a shallow update not allowed issue in your cloned GIT repo.

This means that you have to unshallow your repository. To do so you will need to add your old remote again.

git remote add origin <path-to-old-remote> After that we use git fetch to fetch the remaining history from the old remote (as suggested in this answer).

git fetch --unshallow origin And now you should be able to push into your new remote repository.

Many thanks my friend, helped a lot o/

Wow I get the same issue today. Thank you so much!

Hello, I'm trying to push my local repo to my newly created github repo and I get this error.
But the git fetch --unshallow origin command fails with
fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/head/master

Am I missing something?

Same problem as ArtLabDev.

If you see fatal: couldn't find remote ref refs/head/master, you must run git push origin HEAD:master first.

Thanks Dear @gobinathm. git fetch --unshallow origin worked for me...

Worked here too, thanks!

If you have not access to old repository, you can use

1. git rebase -i --root
2. in first commit change pick to edit
3. git commit --amend --no-edit
4. git rebase --continue

After your git will think what is not shallow.

source. How to fix shallow update not allowed in git

A zillion thank yous. You just saved my course project, I think I would fail if I submitted a shallow repo.

This worked for me:

git fetch --unshallow https://github.com/this_is_the_source_url_from_where_you_did_clone_it.git
git remote remove origin
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/your_new_repository_url_here.git
git push origin master

thanks!

git checkout --orphan maybe work ?

Thank you very much😏

nothing worked for me from answers above(

This worked for me:

git fetch --unshallow https://github.com/this_is_the_source_url_from_where_you_did_clone_it.git
git remote remove origin
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/your_new_repository_url_here.git
git push origin master

its worked

😏

Another option:

1 - Delete the file .git
2 - Use git init in the terminal
3 - Add again your repository

git fetch --unshallow https://github.com/this_is_the_source_url_from_where_you_did_clone_it.git
git remote remove origin
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/your_new_repository_url_here.git
git push origin master

It's worked for me, thank you !

This worked for me:

git fetch --unshallow https://github.com/this_is_the_source_url_from_where_you_did_clone_it.git
git remote remove origin
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/your_new_repository_url_here.git
git push origin master

its worked

@Barathpalanisamy Yeah Its Worked

The answer in this article worked for me.