branches directory does not exist in git repository

hello sorry my english is not well, can you help me i 'm new whith gitlab

i have installed gitlab on muy vps ubuntu, when i create a new project "test.git" from web interface gitlab :

on server :

  1. cd test.git / ls / description HEAD hooks hooks.old.1416998703 info objects refs

i have this error when try to push a commit from my local machine to the server : "does not appear to be a git repository could not read from remote repository"

but when I created a new project manually on the server with these commands :

  1. mkdir test.git / cd test.git / git --bare init / ls / branches config description FETCH_HEAD HEAD hooks info objects refs ===> branches does not appear when i created project from web interface

I managed to push commits to the server with no error message but i did not find the project in web interface gitlab,

so what can i do to create branches in git repository when i create it from web interface ?