Pushing an existing GIT repository to GoogleCode

In my most recent project, I started to use Github to host my code. I find GIT to be an amazing tool and I can't emphasize enough how much better GIT is than SVN.

Anyways...

Today I was trying to upload my git repository to GoogleCode to take advantage of the free bug tracker. However, I came across a little bit of trouble during this migration and so I wanted to share my little problem/solution so that others don't need to waste too much time trying to figure out what went wrong.

I was following the instructions found on this page:
http://www.servercobra.com/migrate-git-project-from-github-to-google-code/
and for the most part, it worked out very well.

A little more context
I have a project called MageComet that is already setup and versioning on Github.  I want to push my local github repository into googlecode.

Steps


1) Make sure the google code repository is using git.

2) If you took a look at the previous tutorial at the link above, the author guides you through creating a  '.netrc' file. You can give it a try and create this file, but in my experience, my machine did not use it, and thus, there were errors.

In my repository, I executed the following code:

git remote add google https://code.google.com/p/magecomet/

git push google --all

BUT, I received this error message:

error: The requested URL returned error: 403 while accessing https://code.google.com/p/magecomet//info/refs

If the previous steps worked for you, I don't think you need to continue reading... but if you still have problems go on to step 3!

3) I like having clean config files so I removed the previous remote repository and added the correct one.

git remote rm google 

git remote add google https://USER@code.google.com/p/magecomet/

4) Now if you execute  the following code, you should be promoted for a password:


git remote add google https://code.google.com/p/magecomet/
git push google --all


This password is NOT your google password, but rather the password found at this link (provided that you are logged in)

https://code.google.com/hosting/settings

5) If you enter the password, all should be go well and your repository should be pushed onto GoogleCode.


Hope that helped.




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EDIT

I figured out why the .netrc file wasn't working.

This file is supposed to be a space delimited file... I had an extra colon in it for some odd reason...
The file should look like this

machine code.google.com login USER@gmail.com password PASSWORD

EDIT

Guess I posted too early, Still doesn't work so I am just going to manually put in my password...