Pushing a branch to a server

Eventually, you'll want to share your new code with everyone, not just send patches to individuals.

The git push command will push a branch to the master.

How to do it...

If you have a unique branch, it can always be pushed to the master repository:

    $ git push origin MyBranchName

If you've modified an existing branch, you may receive an error message as follows:

• remote: error: Refusing to update checked out branch: refs/heads/master
• remote: error: By default, updating the current branch in a non-bare repository

In this case, you need to push your changes to a new branch on the remote site:

    $ git push origin master:NewBranchName

You'll also need to alert the package maintainer to merge this branch into the master...