Error when publishing branch: "The remote disconnected. Check your Internet connection and try again."

Description

When I try to publish my branch to Github from Github Desktop, it stalls on “Pushing to origin” before showing the following error: “The remote disconnected. Check your Internet connection and try again.”

I’ve also tried pushing through Command Prompt but again see a fatal error (screenshot).

Version

• GitHub Desktop: Version 1.1.1
• Git: 2.17.0

• Operating system: Windows 10 Home

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new repository on github.com and open in GitHub desktop.
2. Create a new branch via GitHub desktop.
3. Add some files and commit to the new branch.
4. Try to publish the branch to GitHub.

Expected Behavior

Branch should be published to GitHub website.

Actual Behavior

Fatal error prevents branch from being published.

Additional Information

I have seen other bug reports for this issue, but none of the suggested fixes have worked for me.

My network connection is good and stable. I’m not behind a firewall.

The repository contains two files, one of which being a large CSV (146MB). I have tried “git config --global http.postBuffer 157286400” without success.

Logs

2018-05-21.desktop.production.log

[Lindhom]

Try this command. It might be an issue with your post buffer

git config --global http.postBuffer 157286400

Where do i put this command?

[klamomd]

Note to any others experiencing this problem: for me it stemmed from my project folder being saved onto another internal hard drive (M:) instead of my main drive (C:). Creating the repository on my desktop and copying everything over fixed the issue for me.