Example
git push
will push your code to your existing upstream. Depending on the push configuration, it will either push code from you current branch (default in Git 2.x) or from all branches (default in Git 1.x).
Specify remote repository
When working with git, it can be handy to have multiple remote repositories. To specify a remote repository to push to, just append its name to the command.
git push origin
Specify Branch
To push to a specific branch, say feature_x:
git push origin feature_x
Set the remote tracking branch
Unless the branch you are working on originally comes from a remote repository, simply using git push won't work the first time. You must perform the following command to tell git to push the current branch to a specific remote/branch combination
git push --set-upstream origin master
Here, master is the branch name on the remote origin. You can use -u as a shorthand for --set-upstream.
Pushing to a new repository
To push to a repository that you haven't made yet, or is empty:
- Create the repository on GitHub (if applicable)
- Copy the url given to you, in the form
https://github.com/USERNAME/REPO_NAME.git - Go to your local repository, and execute
git remote add origin URL- To verify it was added, run
git remote -v
- To verify it was added, run
- Run
git push origin master
Your code should now be on GitHub
For more information view Adding a remote repository
Explanation
Push code means that git will analyze the differences of your local commits and remote and send them to be written on the upstream. When push succeeds, your local repository and remote repository are synchronized and other users can see your commits.
For more details on the concepts of "upstream" and "downstream", see Remarks.
