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Push and track new local Git branches to the remote repository

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This article will discuss how we can push and track new Git branches to a remote repository. Developers often have to create new branches when working on a project and publish them to a remote repository for other developers to access the changes.

But before we get into the details, let's check out some useful commands when working with Git branches.

Commands for working with branches in Git

Here are some handy commands that you should have at your fingertips when using Git.

List branches

We run the following command to view the branches in our Git repository.

git branch

For both our local and remote repos we run this command.

git branch -a

If you are only interested in the remote repository, run this command.

git branch -r

example:

$ git branch -a
* main
  remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/main
  remotes/origin/main

The asterisk ( *) points to the branch we are currently working on.

Creating a new branch in Git

We use git branchthe command while mentioning the name of the branch we want.

git branch <branch-name>

Git will forward the commits from the parent branch to the new branch. The parent branch is the branch we were working on when we created the new branch.

The above command will only create the specified branch. To switch to a new branch, use the command in the context shown below git checkout.

git checkout <branch-name>

To make it easier, run the following command.

git checkout -b <branch-name>

This command will create and switch to the mentioned branch-name.

Renaming a branch

To rename a branch in Git, we run the following command.

git branch -m <old-branch-name> <new-branch-name>

Push local branches to remote repositories in Git

We run the command while mentioning the branch name git push. See the command below.

git push -u origin <branch-name>

Git will push the branch and set up tracking. -uis --set-upstreamthe abbreviation for .

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