Prevent git to push to wrong remote

Question

I have a local branch "gh" that I always want to push to my account on github; I also have another local branch "lab" that I always want to push to my organization's account on github.
I have setup two remotes (gh and lab) for that.

$ git remote -v
gh  [email protected]:Ninguem/prj.git (fetch)
gh  [email protected]:Ninguem/prj.git (push)
lab [email protected]:lab-rasparta-org/prj.git (fetch)
lab [email protected]:lab-rasparta-org/prj.git (push)

I'm afraid to inadvertently mess the two when pushing. Is there a way to prevent that?
Note:
I've already fetched the two successfully, so I thing they're somehow "linked" together correctly... how do I manage what branches are "linked" to what remote branches and is there a safety mechanism?

Answer 1

I noticed you might be confusing the terms branch and remote:

• A remote Remote repositories are versions of your project that are hosted on the Internet or network somewhere.

• A branch let's you create an isolated environment for making changes in a repository.

---

I believe you're trying to avoid confusion between pushing to the wron remote.

So suppose you have a branch my_branch in your personal GitHub account.

The safer way to ensure the remote you're working with is to explicitly say what remote are you pushing to:

• If you want to push to your personal repository:

  git push gh my_branch
  

• If you want to push to your organization's repository:

  git push lab working_branch
  

It will be his pattern:

git push <remote> <remote_branch>

---

You could also set up a local branch to track the remote branch on your remote gh like this:

git checkout -b my_branch -t gh/my_branch

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

If you really want to avoid messing things out, then you could consider working with two local repos, each cloning a specific branch:

• one cloning Ninguem.github.com:Ninguem/prj.git
• one cloning Ninguem.github.com:lab-rasparta-org/prj.git

That way, you are sure you are not in the wrong branch, or pushing to the wrong remote.