Frequent 'git-push' Questions

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How do I delete a Git branch locally and remotely?

I want to delete a branch both locally and remotely. Failed Attempts to Delete a Remote Branch $ git branch -d remotes/origin/bugfix error: branch 'remotes/origin/bugfix' not found. $ git branch -d ...

asked Jan 5 '10 at 1:12

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Is there a way to cache https credentials for pushing commits?

I recently switched to synchronizing my repositories to https:// on GitHub (due to firewall issues), and it asks for a password every time. Is there a way to cache the credentials, instead of ...

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asked Mar 17 '11 at 17:47

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Git push error '[remote rejected] master -> master (branch is currently checked out)'

Yesterday, I posted a question on how to clone a Git repository from one of my machines to another, How can I 'git clone' from another machine?. I am now able to successfully clone a Git repository ...

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asked May 12 '10 at 6:06

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Git push requires username and password

I cloned a Git repository from my GitHub account to my PC. I want to work with both my PC and laptop, but with one GitHub account. When I try to push to or pull from GitHub using my PC, it requires ...

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asked Jul 3 '11 at 20:25

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How do I push a new local branch to a remote Git repository and track it too?

I want to be able to do the following: Create a local branch based on some other (remote or local) branch (via git branch or git checkout -b) Push the local branch to the remote repository (publish),...

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asked May 4 '10 at 12:58

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Default behavior of "git push" without a branch specified

I use the following command to push to my remote branch: git push origin sandbox If I say git push origin does that push changes in my other branches too, or does it only update my current branch? ...

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asked Jun 4 '09 at 2:45

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Force "git push" to overwrite remote files

I want to push my local files, and have them on a remote repo, without having to deal with merge conflicts. I just want my local version to have priority over the remote one. How can I do this with ...

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asked May 9 '12 at 5:45

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How do you push a tag to a remote repository using Git?

I have cloned a remote Git repository to my laptop, then I wanted to add a tag so I ran git tag mytag master When I run git tag on my laptop the tag mytag is shown. I then want to push this to the ...

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asked Mar 4 '11 at 15:37

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Undoing a 'git push'

Here's what I did on my supposed-to-be-stable branch... % git rebase master First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it... Fast-forwarded alpha-0.3.0 to master. % git status # On branch ...

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asked Aug 13 '09 at 7:23

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How do I properly force a Git push?

I've set up a remote non-bare "main" repo and cloned it to my computer. I made some local changes, updated my local repository, and pushed the changes back to my remote repo. Things were fine up to ...

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asked Apr 1 '11 at 5:35

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How to push to a non-bare Git repository?

I usually work on a remote server via ssh (screen and vim), where I have a Git repository. Sometimes I'm not online, so I have a separate repository (cloned from my remote) on my laptop. However, I ...

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asked Nov 19 '09 at 16:02

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How can I automatically push after committing in git?

How do I set Git to automatically push to a remote repository (including automatically providing my passphrase) after each commit to the local repository?

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asked Oct 28 '11 at 6:25

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Git Push error: refusing to update checked out branch

I have solved some merge conflicts, committed then tried to Push my changes and received the following error: c:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git.exe push --recurse-submodules=check "origin" master:...

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asked Jun 20 '12 at 10:40

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How can I recover from an erronous git push -f origin master?

I just committed the wrong source to my project using --force option. Is it possible to revert? I understand that all previous branches have been overwritten using -f option, so I may have screwed up ...

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asked Oct 20 '10 at 0:54

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Warning: push.default is unset; its implicit value is changing in Git 2.0

I've been using Git for a while now and have recently downloaded an update only to find this warning message come up when I try to push. warning: push.default is unset; its implicit value is changing ...

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asked Oct 30 '12 at 21:48

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What are the differences between "git commit" and "git push"?

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?

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asked Apr 30 '10 at 14:17

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Can't push to GitHub because of large file which I already deleted

Currently I have Empty GitHub repo SSH server repo (main) Local Repo SSH server repo was the most up-to-date repo (production site) so I did a Git clone from there to local. I then tried to do a git ...

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asked Oct 24 '13 at 17:51

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git push --force-with-lease vs. --force

I am trying to understand the difference between git push --force and git push --force-with-lease My guess is that the latter only pushes to the remote if the remote does not have commits that the ...

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asked Oct 15 '18 at 19:42

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Git Push ERROR: Repository not found

I am having a very strange problem with git and github. When I try and push, I am getting: git push -u origin master ERROR: Repository not found. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly I added ...

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asked Apr 12 '12 at 1:48

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Cannot push to Heroku because key fingerprint

I am new to Rails, and I was trying to deploy a very simple app to Heroku. This is the second app that I deploy, and the first one I was able to do it just fine. However I am having some issues with ...

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asked Jan 9 '12 at 9:55

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Issue pushing new code in Github

I created a new repository on Github which has only Readme.md file now. I have a newly created RoR project which I wanted to push to this repository. Following are the commands I gave in my Terminal ...

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asked Jan 5 '14 at 21:51

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! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first)

Is there a good way to explain how to resolve "! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first)'" in Git? When I use this command $ git push origin master it display an error message. ! [rejected] ...

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asked Feb 10 '15 at 10:51

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Remote origin already exists on 'git push' to a new repository

I have my project on GitHub at some location, git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git. Now I want to push all my code to a new repository at some other location, git@github.com:newname/newrep.git. I used ...

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asked Aug 3 '09 at 11:32

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Is there a way in git to obtain a push date for a given commit?

I am wondering if there is a way to view a push date associated with each commit in the git log. If that is not possible, is there a way to see all the commits under a certain push. I writing a ...

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asked Jul 22 '11 at 19:29

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Git push only for bare repositories?

When I tried 'git push origin master' to remote repository on my external disk, git warning occured stating that pusing to checkout repository will in next releases of git refused by default. On ...

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asked Jan 27 '10 at 14:47

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When I do "git push", what do the statistics mean? (Total, delta, etc.)

Here is an example: $ git push -u myserver master Counting objects: 22, done. Delta compression using up to 8 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done. Writing objects: 100% (14/14), 1.89 KiB ...

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asked Jan 31 '14 at 9:14

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Github remote push pack size exceeded

I am new to Git and have a fairly large project that I want to push to a remote repo (Repo B) on Github. The original project was on Github as well but from a different repo (Repo A). I have to make ...

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asked Feb 28 '13 at 1:27

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How do I avoid the specification of the username and password at every git push?

I git push my work to a remote Git repository. Every push will prompt me to input username and password. I would like to avoid it for every push, but how to configure to avoid it?

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asked Dec 21 '11 at 11:01

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What does '--set-upstream' do?

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

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asked Aug 3 '13 at 10:38

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Fix GitLab error: "you are not allowed to push code to protected branches on this project"?

I have a problem when I push my codes to git while I have developer access in my project, but everything is okay when I have master access. Where is the problem come from? And how to fix it? Error ...

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asked Aug 27 '15 at 10:08

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Pushing from local repository to GitHub hosted remote

I created a local repository of my Visual Studio 2010 solution folder using Git GUI on my dev machine. I then created a remote repository in my GitHub account. Now, I am looking for how to push my ...

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asked May 13 '12 at 17:57

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Git - What is the difference between push.default "matching" and "simple"

I have been using git for a while now, but I have never had to set up a new remote repo myself and I have been curious on doing so. I have been reading tutorials and I am confused on how to get "git ...

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asked Feb 17 '14 at 21:30

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Git push error: Unable to unlink old (Permission denied)

In the remote server I have a post-receive hook set up in order to make a git checkout of my repository: #!/bin/sh GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www/<website> git checkout -f But when I make a push from ...

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asked Aug 2 '12 at 9:12

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Git push hangs when pushing to Github?

Git push hangs everytime I try to push to github. I am using Cygwin and Windows 7. Git functions fine locally tracking branches, providing status, setting global user.name and user.email and allowing ...

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asked Jun 3 '13 at 21:29

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Making a Git push from a detached head

I am on a detached head and made some changes. I want to push up these changed to this detached head with Git. I do not want my changes to go onto the develop branch and certainly not on the master ...

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asked Mar 2 '16 at 0:10

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How to push a local Git repository to another computer?

I have a local Git repository setup on my laptop. I would like to push it to my desktop. How can I do that?

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asked May 22 '10 at 12:16

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Push to GitHub error: Couldn't find host github.com in the .netrc file; using defaults

I don't know, what is going on, I got no response from github. I tried a git push for the first time in a month or so and got this. Turned on export GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1 and did a push and get this: ...

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asked Jun 1 '10 at 10:58

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How can I undo a `git commit` locally and on a remote after `git push`

I have performed git commit followed by a git push. How can I revert that change on both local and remote repositories? $ git log commit 364705c23011b0fc6a7ca2d80c86cef4a7c4db7ac8 Author: Michael ...

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asked Jun 23 '11 at 18:44

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How can I push a local Git branch to a remote with a different name easily?

I've been wondering if there's an easy way to push and pull a local branch with a remote branch with a different name without always specifying both names. For example: $ git clone myrepo.git $ git ...

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asked Apr 21 '11 at 2:19

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What are the consequences of using receive.denyCurrentBranch in Git?

I have a Git repository. I have cloned the repository and can commit my local changes. When I push my changes to the server it works. As soon as I create a branch, I checkout the branch, commit my ...

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asked Sep 4 '12 at 14:33

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What is the difference between git push origin and git push origin master

Is there any difference in pushing the master branch of a local git repository to the master branch of a remote repository called origin with git push origin master or with git push origin?

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asked Sep 17 '12 at 15:28

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Heroku: How to push different local Git branches to Heroku/master

Heroku has a policy of ignoring all branches but 'master'. While I'm sure Heroku's designers have excellent reasons for this policy (I'm guessing for storage and performance optimization), the ...

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asked Jun 4 '10 at 4:37

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Git push branch from one remote to another?

I have the following remotes set up: $ git remote korg rorg And the following branches: $ git branch -a * (no branch) remotes/korg/gingerbread remotes/korg/gingerbread-release remotes/korg/...

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asked Oct 19 '11 at 9:06

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Git push "error: index-pack died of signal 9"

I've seen a couple of similar questions to this, but haven't been able to solve my problem so am asking again. I added a load of new files to an existing git-enabled project and am trying to push ...

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asked Nov 2 '11 at 18:02

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Find committer of a force push on github

In our project (which is hosted on GitHub), someone accidentally force-pushes master every once in a while. No one is aware if doing so, and I would like to find out who does it and what sort of ...

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asked Jul 6 '13 at 13:01

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How can I find the location of origin/master in git, and how do I change it?

I'm a Git newbie. I recently moved a Rails project from Subversion to Git. I followed the tutorial here: http://www.simplisticcomplexity.com/2008/03/05/cleanly-migrate-your-subversion-repository-to-...

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asked Nov 10 '08 at 4:50

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How do you push just a single Git branch (and no other branches)?

I am working on a local git repository. There are two branches, master and feature_x. I want to push feature_x to the remote repo, but I do not want to push the changes on the master branch. Will a ...

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asked May 4 '09 at 13:49

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Git: which is the default configured remote for branch?

I have a remote bare repository hub. I work only in the master branch. The last sentence of this error message below makes me wonder: How do I find out which is the "default configured remote for your ...

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asked Jan 31 '11 at 2:19

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Changing the Git remote 'push to' default

I want to change the Git default remote branch destination so I could just git push Instead of: git push upstream Currently this is set to the origin remote and I want to set it to a different ...

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asked Sep 14 '13 at 11:13

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git push heroku master says "Everything up-to-date", but the app is not current

I have an app on Heroku that is running old code. I've made a small change and committed the change. I then ran git push heroku master It'll say Fetching repository, done. Everything up-to-date ...

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