Working with remotes in Git

README.md

Working with multiple remotes

Adding a new remote

$ git remote add REMOTE_NAME REMOTE_URL

Verify that the new remote has been added by running git remote -v and seeing your REMOTE_NAME in the list.

Synchronizing with a remote

# Pull the latest changes from the BRANCH_NAME of the REMOTE_NAME:
$ git fetch <REMOTE_NAME>/<BRANCH_NAME>

# For example: git fetch chris/master

Once the remote is fetched, you can rebase your branches upon that remote:

$ git checkout <MY_BRANCH>
$ git rebase <REMOTE_NAME>/<BRANCH_NAME>

# For example: git rebase chris/master

This command will add the commits you miss from chris/master into your MY_BRANCH branch.

Pushing to a remote

To push changes into a different remote use this command:

$ git push <REMOTE_NAME> HEAD:<BRANCH_NAME>

# For example: git push chris HEAD:master

This pushes your current branch into chris/master.

Be careful when pushing to remotes you don't own. Always ask the owner for the remote before doing so.