On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:26:09 -0300 Thiago Farina <tfransosi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How can I push a working branch to github inside it? > > E.g: > > # On master: > $ git checkout -b feature-work > > # On feature-work > # vi, hack, commit, ready to push > $ git push origin master # here I expected it would working pushing my > commits to a feature-work branch in github. Or if I omit master it > gives me a [rejected] error. $ git push origin master means "update the branch 'master' in the remote repository with the contents of the branch 'master' in the local repository". Read the "git push" manual. > $ git checkout master > $ git push origin feature-work # Now the branch is pushed. Sure, but it has nothing to do with the previous checkout command: you just told Git to push the contents of your local branch "feature-work" to a remote branch "feature-work" which presumably does not exist and gets created as a result of your push. If you want to update the remote "master" branch with the contents of your local "feature-work" branch, do $ git push origin feature-work:master As stated below, you should really read the git push manual and reading through the appropriate sections of the http://git-scm.com/book is also highly advised. Also consider reading about the "push.default" configuration variable in the git config manual--this might save you from scratching your head when you try to do simple `git push origin` without specifying any branches: here again your expectation might differ from the Git defaults. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html