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How do I create a remote Git branch?

I created a local branch. How do I push it to the remote server?

UPDATE: I have written a simpler answer for Git 2.0 here.

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Doing this completely confused my Visual Studio to the point where it wouldn't start up correctly. The Team Explorer wouldn't load at all, but everything else went bonkers throwing errors also. Just FYI.
– Josh
Jun 27, 2016 at 20:04
This sounds like it should work, but when I actually tried it, the our gitlab server didn't recognise the result as a branch.
– JosephH
Nov 25, 2016 at 18:25
What branch is foo branched off of on the remote? What if I wanted to foo to branch off of foo2? Is that possible? Thank you.
– user674669
Sep 8, 2017 at 21:33
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It works on gerrit server as well, creating a new branch on the remote that didn't exist before this command.
– MichaelZ
Aug 9, 2019 at 18:23

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How do I create a remote Git branch?

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