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Git: push to a new remote branch

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It is important to specify <remote> <branch> in every pull and push in the scenario. If not specified, would be default master.

  • branch 
# list all branches, including local and remote git branch -a # create new local branch git branch <new_branch_name> # switch to another branch git checkout <another_branch> # switch no to new local branch (combine the steps above) git checkout -b <new_branch_name> # delete a branch, use -D for force delete # need to checkout to another branch before delete git branch -d <branch>
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  • clone 
# clone a repository in specific remote branch git clone --branch <branch_name> <remote_repo_url> git clone -b <branch_name> <remote_repo_url> # clone a specific remote branch # and does not track other remote branch git clone -b <branch_name> --single-branch <remote_repo_url>
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  • pull (fetch+merge) 
git pull origin <branch>
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  • push 
# push to a new remote branch not yet created git push --set-upstream <remote> <branch_name> git push -u <remote> <branch_name> # push to remote branch git push <remote> <branch_name> # delete a remote branch git push <remote> --delete <remote_branch_name>
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Usually <remote> would be origin unless working with another repository (eg. deploying app to heroku)
origin stands for the remote repository that a project was originally cloned from.

  • overwrite local repository 
git fetch --all git reset --hard origin/master
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replace master with whatever branch originally wanted

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