# Opening empty repository -\> error 500
**URL:** https://forum.gitea.com/t/opening-empty-repository-error-500/1833
**Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure
**Created:** [January 23, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/opening-empty-repository-error-500/1833 "2020-01-23T07:43:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@jackTheStark](https://forum.gitea.com/u/jackTheStark)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/opening-empty-repository-error-500/1833/1 "2020-01-23T07:43:57Z")
I am getting the same issue as [#6576](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/6576) , I restored from linux-service v1.1.0 to docker v1.10.3.
When looking through the logs, this is what if found.
```auto
...ules/context/repo.go:627:func1() [E] GetBranches: No branches in non-empty repository /data/git/repositories/evo/digital_marketing.git
```
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### Author:  [@yunyuyuan](https://forum.gitea.com/u/yunyuyuan)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/opening-empty-repository-error-500/1833/2 "2023-09-11T08:43:07Z")
Same issue, I have a mirro github repo, and don’t know why it return this error, becasue it is a mirro repo, so I can’t push a branch to it 🤣.
If you just want to delete this repo, I found a solution:
1. First, remove the folder of your repo:
```sh
rm -rf /path/to/your/gitea/git/repositories/your_name/your_repo.git/
```
1. Then, run the task:
