Error: failed to push some refs

I created a new branch in project and try to push it, before i added the files and made commit and get this error, any ideas? :
git push -u “https://gitlab.com/realitygames/recruitment/dpena.git” branchname

error: src refspec branchname does not match any

error: failed to push some refs to ‘https://gitlab.com/xxxxx/recruitment/xxxx.git’"

Heya, could you try to add and commit something changed to your repo, like adding .gitignore or idk Readme file or just make some changes . After that just re-run the push command and that should do the trick.