How to push specific branch in Git

# Push current branch to origin
git push origin feature-branch

# If tracking is set up
git push

# Push and set tracking in one command
git push -u origin feature-branch

# Now future pushes can use
git push

# Push local branch to different remote branch name
git push origin local-branch:remote-branch

# Example
git push origin feature:feature-v2

# Push all local branches
git push --all origin

# Push all branches and tags
git push --all origin
git push --tags origin

# Or combined
git push --all --follow-tags origin

# Force push (overwrite remote)
git push --force origin feature-branch

# Safer force push (fails if remote has commits you don't have)
git push --force-with-lease origin feature-branch

# 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 specific remote
git push origin feature-branch
git push backup feature-branch

# Or push to all remotes
git remote | xargs -L1 git push --all

# Push branch with its tags
git push origin feature-branch --tags

# Push specific tag
git push origin v1.0.0

# Push all tags
git push origin --tags

# Delete remote branch
git push origin --delete feature-branch

# Or alternative syntax
git push origin :feature-branch

# Push only if no conflicts (fast-forward only)
git push --ff-only origin feature-branch

# Fails if remote has commits you don't have

# See what would be pushed without actually pushing
git push --dry-run origin feature-branch

# Output shows refs that would be updated

# Safer than --force, checks remote state first
git push --force-with-lease origin feature-branch

# With specific expected remote state
git push --force-with-lease=feature-branch:abc1234 origin feature-branch

# Push only current branch
git config --global push.default simple

# Push all matching branches
git config --global push.default matching

# Push current branch and set upstream
git config --global push.default upstream

# Automatically set upstream on first push
git config --global push.autoSetupRemote true

#!/bin/bash

BRANCHES=("main" "develop" "staging")

echo "Pushing branches to origin..."

for branch in "${BRANCHES[@]}"; do
  echo "Pushing $branch..."

  git push origin "$branch" || {
    echo "⚠️  Failed to push $branch"
    continue
  }

  echo "✓ Pushed $branch"
done

echo "✓ All branches pushed"

chmod +x push-branches.sh
./push-branches.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Get current branch
BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

# Prevent accidental push to main
if [ "$BRANCH" = "main" ]; then
  echo "❌ Cannot push directly to main branch"
  echo "Please create a pull request instead"
  exit 1
fi

# Run tests before push
npm test || {
  echo "❌ Tests failed, push aborted"
  exit 1
}

exit 0

chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-push

# Verbose output
git push --verbose origin feature-branch

# Quiet mode (no output unless error)
git push --quiet origin feature-branch

# Push with progress
git push --progress origin feature-branch

# No verify (skip pre-push hook)
git push --no-verify origin feature-branch