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RNdev
RNdev

Reputation: 1251

Difference between 'git push origin master' and 'git push -u origin --all'?

I'm following this tutorial on pushing an existing project to Bitbucket, and it mentions using the command git push -u origin --all. How does this command differ from git push origin master?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 757

Answers (1)

simon-pearson
simon-pearson

Reputation: 1970

  • git push origin master pushes your current branch up to the master branch on origin.
  • git push -u origin -all pushes all branches to origin. The -u option sets up your local branches to track the remote branches. This essentially establishes a link between your local branch, and the branch on the remote repository. Without doing this if you switch to one of these branches and do a git push you'll be greeted with an error message fatal: The current branch <branch-name> has no upstream branch. You can check the branch link by command git branch -vv.

Summary: git push -u origin -all pushes all branches to origin, git push origin master pushes your current branch up to the master branch on origin.

Upvotes: 2

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