How do I push to Git Repo given the following erro

Question

I recently set up a github account to store the source code of a project I have been working on.

I am using egit eclipse plugin to push changes to github.

I successfully pushed the initial code and 2 subsequent changes. However when I attempted to push the third change I was not able. The following excepiton appears in the eclipse error log.

If someone could tell me the cause of this error, or tell me how I can go about debugging the problem it would be a great help.

org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.JGitInternalException: Exception caught during execution of push command
    at org.eclipse.jgit.api.PushCommand.call(PushCommand.java:156)
    at org.eclipse.egit.core.op.PushOperation.run(PushOperation.java:227)
    at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.push.PushOperationUI.execute(PushOperationUI.java:145)
    at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.push.PushOperationUI$1.run(PushOperationUI.java:202)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException: ssh://[e-mail]/xxx/xxx.git: session is down
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:154)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:118)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession.exec(JschSession.java:91)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh$SshPushConnection.<init>(TransportGitSsh.java:306)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportGitSsh.openPush(TransportGitSsh.java:152)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PushProcess.execute(PushProcess.java:130)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport.push(Transport.java:1120)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.api.PushCommand.call(PushCommand.java:152)
    ... 4 more
Caused by: com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: session is down
    at com.jcraft.jsch.Session.openChannel(Session.java:750)
    at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschSession$JschProcess.<init>(JschSession.java:147)
    ... 11 more

Answer 1

I had this issue with EGit and solved it at last. Somehow sometimes things get messed up. If you can not solve it through Eclipse just go to your "git" folder with git bash with Windows. With Linux it is even easier: just open the terminal.

This problem occurs because of username, password, and ssh keys getting messed up. So, use the commands "git remote show origin" and make sure if the origin is [e-mail]...... Sometimes Eclipse just puts "git" as a username so make sure you have the correct user name by changing it with the command git remote set-url origin https://[e-mail]/restofthe url. It should automatically change the configurations in eclipse.

Best...