How to push a single file in a subdirectory to Github not master

Question

I have changed a single file in a subdirectory of my repository and I want to push just that file to Github     I ve made a small change to one file  and I don t want to re-upload the entire repository   It seems like all of the instructions that I ve seen so far require me to merge locally with the master and then push my local master to the remote origin    How can I push just that one file

User · Answer

git status  then file which you need to push git add example FileExtension git commit  quot message is example quot  git push -u origin or whatever name you used  master or name of some branch where you want to push it

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Very simple  Just follow these procedure  1  git status 2  git add  File Name    the file name you haven been changed 3  git status 4  git commit -m   your message   5  git push origin master

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Let me start by saying that the way git works is you are not pushing fetching files  well  at least not directly   You are pushing fetching refs  that point to commits  Then a commit in git is a reference to a tree of objects  where files are represented as objects  among other objects    So  when you are pushing a commit  what git does it pushes a set of references like in this picture     If you didn t push your master branch yet  the whole history of the branch will get pushed   So  in your example  when you commit and push your file  the whole master branch will be pushed  if it was not pushed before   To do what you asked for  you need to create a clean branch with no history  like in this answer

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If you commit one file and push your revision  it will not transfer the whole repository  it will push changes

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When you do a push  git only takes the changes that you have committed   Remember when you do a git status it shows you the files you changed since the last push    Once you commit those changes and do a push they are the only files that get pushed so you don t have to worry about thinking that the entire master gets pushed because in reality it does not   How to push a single file   git commit yourfile js git status git push origin master

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Push only single file     git commit -m  Message goes here  filename   Push only two files   git commit -m  Message goes here  file1 file2

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It will only push the new commits  It won t push the whole  master  branch  That is part of the benefit of working with a Distributed Version Control System  Git figures out what is actually needed and only pushes those pieces  If the branch you are on has been changed and pushed by someone else you ll need to pull first  Then push your commits

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