Pushing and Pulling

Pushing Changes

Send your local commits to a remote repository:

# Push current branch to its upstream branch
git push

# Push specific branch
git push origin main

# Push all branches
git push --all

# Force push (dangerous, overwrites remote)
git push --force

# Force push with lease (safer)
git push --force-with-lease

Pulling Changes

Fetch and merge changes from remote:

# Pull from upstream branch
git pull

# Pull from specific remote and branch
git pull origin main

# Pull with rebase instead of merge
git pull --rebase

Fetch vs Pull

git fetch: Downloads changes but doesn't merge
git pull: Downloads and merges changes

# Fetch only
git fetch origin

# Then merge manually
git merge origin/main

Handling Push Rejections

If push is rejected due to non-fast-forward:

# Pull and merge first
git pull

# Or pull with rebase
git pull --rebase

# Then push
git push

Pushing Tags

# Push specific tag
git push origin v1.0

# Push all tags
git push --tags

Deleting Remote Branches

git push origin --delete feature-branch

Pushing to Multiple Remotes

# Add multiple remotes
git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git
git remote add backup https://gitlab.com/user/repo.git

# Push to all remotes
git push --all