# \[solved\] Pijul push to local directory

**URL:** <https://discourse.pijul.org/t/solved-pijul-push-to-local-directory/801>\
**Category:** Question\
**Created:** [August 26, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/solved-pijul-push-to-local-directory/801 "2021-08-26T06:26:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![somenxavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@somenxavier](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/somenxavier)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/solved-pijul-push-to-local-directory/801/1 "2021-08-26T06:26:30Z")

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I just want to push to my local directory, for testing purposes, but I get this error:

```auto
pijul push ../prova-push/
Error: failed to lookup address information: Name or service not known

```

What can I do?

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**Author:** ![pmeunier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.pijul.org/pmeunier/32/4_2.png) [@pmeunier](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/pmeunier)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/solved-pijul-push-to-local-directory/801/2 "2021-08-26T07:17:06Z")

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Does that repository exist? Is it a repository already? If not, you should clone instead of pushing.

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**Author:** ![somenxavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@somenxavier](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/somenxavier)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/solved-pijul-push-to-local-directory/801/3 "2021-08-26T07:37:07Z")

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Thanks @pmeunier The problem was there was no repository in `prova-push`. I want to try the select when pushing. Solved with `pijul init` in `prova-push`.

Is there any way to select changes to push more interactively rather than putting `#` in front of non-selected changes?