How to push a new branch in git?

Question

Checked out master branch, made changes. How now to create a new branch, commit changes, and push it to the remote?

@JohnZwinck The link you posted is for creating a branch this question is for making a healthy brunch. Two VERY different things... — dustytrash, Sep 08 '18 at 01:43

score 41 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '18 at 01:58

Four steps to get your changes committed locally and get them pushed to your server:

Create a local branch and commit to it

git checkout -b your-shiny-branch
git add .
git commit -m "Your Message"

Push your branch to your remote (server)

git push -u origin your-shiny-branch

If you then need to do further commits, start from command #2 and omit the -u flag during the git push on step #4.

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