# how do I create a branch and push it so several developers can share work? 4 messages from 2010-09-08 to 2010-09-09. Participants: Robert Buck, Jacob Helwig, Miles Bader. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25044 ## Robert Buck, 2010-09-08 22:31 Subject: how do I create a branch and push it so several developers can share work? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTinO9TVyg6EBS1ZuQPS%2BVWxzODmLan0sDGzFw8eh%40mail.gmail.com ``` We just switched over to git and also use gitolite. To create a new branch and push it so a team of developers can collaborate on that branch I performed the following commands: Listed available tags: git fetch --tags Listed available branches, which for me only showed one, master: git branch Created the branch off the tag: git branch fullers tagduvel Checked out the branch to verify the contents: git checkout fullers ... Push the branch to the remote repository: git push origin fullers Now, when I clone the repository and list the branches I only see 'master'. If I list the branches with the -a option I see something I did not anticipate: git branch -a * master remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master remotes/origin/duvel remotes/origin/fullers remotes/origin/master What I had expected was a fullers branch. So apparently I did something very wrong here. What did I do wrong? Thanks, Bob ``` ## Jacob Helwig, 2010-09-08 22:40 Subject: Re: how do I create a branch and push it so several developers can share work? Message-ID: <20100908224041.GB8466@vfa-6z.perlninja.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100908224041.GB8466%40vfa-6z.perlninja.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:31:30 -0400, Robert Buck wrote: > > We just switched over to git and also use gitolite. > > To create a new branch and push it so a team of developers can > collaborate on that branch I performed the following commands: > > Listed available tags: > git fetch --tags > > Listed available branches, which for me only showed one, master: > git branch > > Created the branch off the tag: > git branch fullers tagduvel > > Checked out the branch to verify the contents: > git checkout fullers > ... > > Push the branch to the remote repository: > git push origin fullers > > Now, when I clone the repository and list the branches I only see > 'master'. If I list the branches with the -a option I see something I > did not anticipate: > git branch -a > * master > remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master > remotes/origin/duvel > remotes/origin/fullers > remotes/origin/master > > What I had expected was a fullers branch. > > So apparently I did something very wrong here. What did I do wrong? > > Thanks, > > Bob You didn't do anything wrong at all. That's exactly what I'd expect to see at the end. Git doesn't automatically create local branches (the ones without remotes/.../ in front) for any branches other than the one pointed to by remotes/origin/HEAD. The other developers will still have your fullers branch available to them, but if they want to do any work on it, they'll need to do something like "git checkout -b fullers origin/fullers" to create a local branch, which they can modify. -- Jacob Helwig ``` ## Robert Buck, 2010-09-08 23:01 Subject: Re: how do I create a branch and push it so several developers can share work? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTiknS8vwqWRVn49eaEEbmQ-iqBa6zpgq6Y%3DnB326%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20100908224041.GB8466@vfa-6z.perlninja.com> ``` Thanks Jacob. I thought I had done it right, but when I cloned and did not get what I expected at first, I was a bit concerned. Thanks. Related question, is there a way to have fullers show up automatically as a local branch for developers simply through a `git clone`? On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Jacob Helwig wrote: > On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:31:30 -0400, Robert Buck wrote: >> >> We just switched over to git and also use gitolite. >> >> To create a new branch and push it so a team of developers can >> collaborate on that branch I performed the following commands: >> >> Listed available tags: >> git fetch --tags >> >> Listed available branches, which for me only showed one, master: >> git branch >> >> Created the branch off the tag: >> git branch fullers tagduvel >> >> Checked out the branch to verify the contents: >> git checkout fullers >> ... >> >> Push the branch to the remote repository: >> git push origin fullers >> >> Now, when I clone the repository and list the branches I only see >> 'master'. If I list the branches with the -a option I see something I >> did not anticipate: >> git branch -a >> * master >>   remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master >>   remotes/origin/duvel >>   remotes/origin/fullers >>   remotes/origin/master >> >> What I had expected was a fullers branch. >> >> So apparently I did something very wrong here. What did I do wrong? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bob > > You didn't do anything wrong at all.  That's exactly what I'd expect to > see at the end.  Git doesn't automatically create local branches (the > ones without remotes/.../ in front) for any branches other than the one > pointed to by remotes/origin/HEAD. > > The other developers will still have your fullers branch available to > them, but if they want to do any work on it, they'll need to do > something like "git checkout -b fullers origin/fullers" to create a > local branch, which they can modify. > > -- > Jacob Helwig > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJMiBDiAAoJEHJabXWGiqEBu1cL+gNCu5BiRFytPSi7IsjPNk81 > dPO6AX69K1hq22eShO0Li62NPDhM4B8H5aXAlfdtjVLz/VdRrAiuBaW2zX0eUaQ6 > i7k3vl+QeyDt02UphG9mM8dEYivrh7UUozQ3OVTYitkN5+3kmfg7tw+7pF7+Z6Et > LZ7bRUb3pzEaD8sKSKNbqjSpj9bqo2aCdgZFd+fE8yzNDmpE6wQby9vks15IOtPd > Skh+SjhmD9yNL6LC3+8989muxXomi2gZvXIcCyBy/ECexeLSTOQGH6JX086TIqus > rVKn7UNNncNzB2Q/lY8VM89A7zTyEdFhIbh8xkbEEGPGkGTU3t/TOwANGU0Q3rRO > ymNJYLhg9cg+JWnO04f5gTPI66df4J16ctqIEWqBiqK6gm+8/VlLyz2H4yIvxRfW > zocPp3ae/JsKIYKAqBPwFaeNgW4mHMmLlnv6Gc96ZscFE66dj5HgwuY80B6pNSqR > U3H3VJGWNJsAceByhArsaytrzLURbxqpE4a79IuVIg== > =fj56 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ``` ## Miles Bader, 2010-09-09 05:36 Subject: Re: how do I create a branch and push it so several developers can share work? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/buo8w3bsckh.fsf%40dhlpc061.dev.necel.com In-Reply-To: ``` Robert Buck writes: > Related question, is there a way to have fullers show up automatically > as a local branch for developers simply through a `git clone`? Hm, can't you have them do "git clone --branch fullers REMOTE" ? I thinnnnnk that does the right thing (does the clone, then makes a local "fullers" branch that tracks the remote "fullers" branch). AFAIK there's no way to get multiple new local branches though (e.g. master _and_ fullers)... -Miles -- (\(\ (^.^) (")") *This is the cute bunny virus, please copy this into your sig so it can spread. ```