For example, once you do a git push -u origin master, you can later call git pull and git will know that you actually meant git pull origin master. Otherwise, you'd have to type in the whole command.

I like to run git push --set-upstream origin master instead of git push origin master the first time. This allows me to just type git push or git pull instead of git push origin master every time. Whatever fits …

Apr 1, 2011 · As I detail in my own answer, git push --force is indeed another valid way to force push, and will push branches just as well as git push origin master --force with Git's default push.default …

May 4, 2010 · Create a local branch from another branch (via git branch or git checkout -b). Push the local branch to the remote repository (i.e. publish), but make it trackable so that git pull and git push …

Jun 16, 2013 · In a Git tutorial I'm going through, git commit is used to store the changes you've made. What is git push used for then?

Jun 2, 2023 · What does git --set-upstream do? I tried to understand it by reading the git manual, but I didn't quite get it.

Oct 17, 2016 · Recientemente cambiamos de SVN a GIT en el proyecto, con git commit se guardan los cambios que se han hecho localmente. Entonces, ¿para qué sirve git push?¿Cuál es la diferencia …

May 9, 2012 · See "git command for making one branch like another" for strategies to simulate a git merge --strategy=theirs. That way, you can push master to remote without having to force anything.

After this location has been loaded in Git app, it will show you all the branches that are there. You then click on "Merge", and you can choose if you want to merge the master to branch or vice versa. There …

So that a subsequent git pull will know what to do, you might instead want to use: git push --set-upstream <remote-name> <local-branch-name> As described below, the --set-upstream option sets …