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How do I push changes from a local git branch to an existing non-master remote branch? If I do a "git push", it tries to push changes in all local branches to the remotes they are tracking.
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In order to push a Git branch to remote, you need to execute the “git push” command and specify the remote as well as the branch name to be pushed. If you are not already on the branch that you want to push, you can execute the “git checkout” command to switch to your branch.
The steps to follow in order to push new Git branches to remote repos such as GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket are as follows: Clone the remote Git repo locally. Create a new branch with the branch, switch or checkout commands. Perform a git push with the –set-upstream option to set the remote repo for the new branch.
To push the commit from the local repo to your remote repositories, run git push -u remote-name branch-name where remote-name is the nickname the local repo uses for the remote repositories and branch-name is the name of the branch to push to the repository. You only have to use the -u option the first time you push.
To do this you use a refspec, as explained in the git push documentation. For example:
git push origin local_branch_name:remote_branch_name
If the branch already exists in the repository, it should just be:
git push origin branch_name
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