Git: "Error: refusing to create funny ref 'HEAD' remotely" for initial push

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I am attempting an initial push of my Git repository from Egit (Eclipse Git) to GitHub. Unfortunately I am getting the following error:

error: refusing to create funny ref 'HEAD' remotely

I set both the source and destination ref to 'HEAD'

What does this error message mean?

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2 Answers

Selecting the "master [branch]" item from the Source ref list will insert "refs/heads/master" into the Source ref field.

Before:

"master [branch]" item in Source ref list

After:

"refs/heads/master" inserted in Source ref field

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