Git Push to GitHub

Git Push to GitHub

When we have made changes locally, we want to update our remote repository with the changes.

Transferring our local changes to our remote is done with a push command.

There are several commands we can use to push changes to GitHub.

Key Push Commands

• Basic Push
• Force Push
• Push Tags
• Troubleshooting

Basic Push

This command pushes your current branch to the remote repository named origin:

git push origin

This will upload your local commits to GitHub.

You must have already committed your changes with git commit.

Force Push

If your push is rejected due to non-fast-forward updates (for example, after a rebase), you can force the push.

Warning: This can overwrite changes on the remote repository. Use with caution!

git push --force origin feature-branch

Use --force-with-lease for a safer force push:

git push --force-with-lease origin feature-branch

Push Tags

To push all local tags to GitHub:

git push --tags

To push a specific tag:

git push origin v1.0

Troubleshooting

• Non-fast-forward error: Happens if someone else pushed to the branch. Run git pull --rebase before pushing again.
• Authentication failed: Make sure you have access to the repository and your credentials are correct.

Go to GitHub, and confirm that the repository has a new commit:

Now, we are going to start working on branches on GitHub.