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iliyas hussain
iliyas hussain

Reputation: 11

How do I push my local code to a desired git branch that exists already?

I had cloned a repo after cutting a branch from the mainline and have now made changes to it. Now I want to push back my changes to the already existing remote branch I had cut. But on running 'git push' the code gets pushed to the master or the main branch and not the remote branch I had cut and cloned initially. How do I push my local code to a branch that already exists on git.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3938

Answers (4)

NitishKshirsagar
NitishKshirsagar

Reputation: 91

You can refer below commands : 

git checkout -b <branch-name>  -- locally create new branch
git push -u origin <branch-name> -- create/update branch on server
git checkout <branch-name> -- move head to branch so that changes can be done on that branch
git status -- check branch name & changes done
git branch -- show branch present in your local (fetched from server in your local)

Upvotes: 0

Grv97
Grv97

Reputation: 101

It is better to merge with the latest master from staging by :

git fetch origin master:branch_to_push

Checkout to it :

git checkout branch_to_push

Merge the working code:

git merge local_working_branch

Then, push this new branch over the one in staging:

git push origin branch_to_push:branch_present_on_staging

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 2

Dmitry Kuzminov
Dmitry Kuzminov

Reputation: 6584

Try to specify the branch name explicitly:

git push origin name_of_your_branch:name_of_your_branch

That means that you specify the name of your local branch to be pushed, and the name of the remote branch where to push:

git push origin local-name:remote-name

Upvotes: 0

Tony
Tony

Reputation: 152

Try following,

Fetch branches git fetch --all

See all available branches, git branch

Checkout to the existing branch git checkout BRANCH_NAME

Then try pushing

See this, https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/using-branches/git-checkout

Upvotes: 1

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