How to Push Commits to a Remote in Git (git push)

git push uploads your local commits to a remote repository, updating the branch there to match your local branch.

Key points

• git push origin main pushes the local main branch to the 'origin' remote
• git push -u origin feature-branch pushes and sets up tracking, so future plain "git push" calls know where to go
• A push is rejected if the remote branch has commits your local branch doesn't — pull or fetch first to reconcile

Example

git push origin main