From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:46:19 GMT
Subject: Re: pushing branches
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In-Reply-To: <CACnwZYdqP_ptj0++dj5NkCoKWKHiLEj+c0t7zrmNidkHsyzMgw@mail.gmail.com>

Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com> writes:

> 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

"git push origin master" is a short-hand for "git push origin
refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master" to update their master branch
with what you have in your master branch. 

See output from

    $ git push --help

for details.

I think you are trying to update, while on your feature-work branch,
their master with your feature-work branch (or more generally, the
current HEAD), so

    $ git push origin HEAD:master

is perhaps what you are looking for?