Question

I created a branch, say “dev” which was based off say branch “Base” and then merged it with Upstream content (I want to keep Base clean till I am done with my testing). After resolving conflicts, I ran the command git commit -a -m “comment” and it went through. Next, I ran git push, hoping the new branch would be created on the git server and also my merged content on dev will be seen. But, when I ran git push, the command gave output “Everything up-to-date” and I do not see the new branch on the git server. Is there anything that I am missing?

Answer 1

See if you have created the branch on the remote repo:

$ git branch -av

You probably haven’t. You can create the branch by explicitly stating you want to push it:

$ git push origin dev

By default git pushes all branches that have a respective branch on the remote (new branches don’t).