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I created a new branch off an existing PR on github using the browse branches dropdown...typed in an new branch name so it would create a new one based off the PR I was looking at.
I then went locally and did a git checkout -b myBranch
How do I sync up my branch with the remote? I did not name my local branch as the same name as the remote.
git push -u origin my_branch - I assume that's if you already have things synced AND that the local and remote branch names are exactly the same.
So what about my situation?
I tried this but got an error
▶ git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/feature/WA-3 WA-3 error: the requested upstream branch 'origin/feature/WA-3' does not exist
More info to help
The remote branch's name is feature/WA-3 while my local is named W3
▶ git remote show origin
* remote origin
Fetch URL: https://github.com/xxxx.git
Push URL: https://github.com/xxxx.git
HEAD branch: develop
Remote branches:
develop tracked
feature/WA-3 new (next fetch will store in remotes/origin)
master tracked
refs/remotes/origin/w9-homepage stale (use 'git remote prune' to remove)
w1-log-in tracked
wa-9 tracked
Local branches configured for 'git pull':
develop merges with remote develop
w1-log-in merges with remote w1-user-can-log-in
w9-homepage merges with remote wa-9-homepage
Local refs configured for 'git push':
develop pushes to develop (up to date)
w1-log-in pushes to w1-log-in (up to date)
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The easiest way to set the upstream branch is to use the “git push” command with the “-u” option for upstream branch. Alternatively, you can use the “–set-upstream” option that is equivalent to the “-u” option. As an example, let's say that you created a branch named “branch” using the checkout command.
In order to push your branch to another remote branch, use the “git push” command and specify the remote name, the name of your local branch as the name of the remote branch.
You can git branch -a to list all branches (local and remote) and then choose the branch name from the list (just remove remotes/ from the remote branch name. Example: git diff main origin/main (where "main" is the local main branch and "origin/main" is a remote, namely the origin and main branch.)
Use the colon notation:
git push -u origin local_branch:remote_branch
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