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Trouble Shooting
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GIT Issues
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After generating your cookiecutter-py3-package, you get this error message
in the command line.

.. code-block::

  error: refname refs/heads/master not found
  fatal: Branch rename failed


This error message is caused by using older versions of git.


You have several options.

#. Follow the git manual instructions :ref:`here<git-CLI-push-GIT-options>`
   substituting the example with your repository and project.
#. Upgrade git and re-run the cookie-cutter.