$ git push -u origin master To https://github.com/shawnkaku/postit.git ! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast-forward) error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/shawnkaku/postit.git' hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g. hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again. hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details. $ git pull --rebase origin master From https://github.com/shawnkaku/postit * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it... Applying: init $ git push origin master Counting objects: 65, done. Delta compression using up to 4 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (55/55), done. Writing objects: 100% (65/65), 15.23 KiB | 2.54 MiB/s, done. Total 65 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0) remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), done.