Git - Pushing Local To Remote

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Hi, I’ve been practicing using git and trying to figure it out. If I create a local branch and finish a feature, would I merge that branch back into my local main branch and then push the local main branch to the remote? Or would I push the new branch to the remote and only update my local main from the remote? Thanks

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Hey Jax!

This depends on what you are doing, and how you are managing your repository. You need not even keep a remote repository if your project doesn’t need it!.

So if you would like to keep your online repository in sync, you would follow this process.

secondary branch → (merge to remote secondary branch) → PR to merge remote secondary branch to remote main branch → (merge them) → sync local main branch with remote main branch.

But this is only if you would like to keep a remote repository in sync. You may also choose to only keep the main branch in sync, or some other branch depending on what your goal is.

Hope this helps

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Hey! So to start out would I create the secondary branch on GitHub or locally?
I’m just trying to get familiar with how it would be to work on a project with other people, so I’ll be familiar with everything when I get to that point. So whatever would be the most common way of doing it is what I’m aiming for. Thanks!

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Either way works.

The way I prefer is to create the remote repository first. But I’ve seen developers do the other way round as well.

I find it easier to just create the repository online and sync it locally.

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You don’t have to worry about how it works with multiple people as of yet. When you are working on a project with multiple developers, they always explain the process they follow to you.

And if you are looking to contribute to open source work, there’s always a readme that outlines how to contribute to that specific project

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Ok. Good to know. I think I’ll keep tinkering with it since I’m just curious how it all works, but I won’t worry about it if I’m not a pro by that time. I figured out one thing I was doing wrong; I was trying to push the new branch to the remote main branch. I found out I had to push to the new branch name instead, and got it to work. Really appreciate your time. Thanks for the help!