What is git push origin master Help with git s refs heads and remotes

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I have a question about what git push origin master does    I know that origin is the remote  aka GitHub  git push origin master is the same as git push origin master on my machine master on github   I don t know if    master on my machine is equal to  refs heads master master of github is equal to  refs remotes origin master   If it s equal  should it be possible to do git push origin refs heads master refs heads origin master   Finally  what I want to do is only type git push and git pull when    I m on a master branch I want to push and pull from a my test branch on github  only typing git push and git pull

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Or as a single command   git push -u origin master my test   Pushes the commits from your local master branch to a  possibly new  remote branch my test and sets up master to track origin my test

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Git has two types of branches  local and remote  To use git pull and git push as you d like  you have to tell your local branch  my test  which remote branch it s tracking  In typical Git fashion this can be done in both the config file and with commands   Commands  Make sure you re on your master branch with   1 git checkout master  then create the new branch with  2 git branch --track my test origin my test   and check it out with   3 git checkout my test    You can then push and pull without specifying which local and remote   However if you ve already created the branch then you can use the -u switch to tell git s push and pull you d like to use the specified local and remote branches from now on  like so   git pull -u my test origin my test git push -u my test origin my test   Config  The commands to setup remote branch tracking are fairly straight forward but I m listing the config way as well as I find it easier if I m setting up a bunch of tracking branches  Using your favourite editor open up your project s  git config and add the following to the bottom    remote  origin       url   git github com username repo git     fetch    refs heads   refs remotes origin    branch  my test       remote   origin     merge   refs heads my test   This specifies a remote called origin  in this case a GitHub style one  and then tells the branch my test to use it as it s remote   You can find something very similar to this in the config after running the commands above   Some useful resources    http   www kernel org pub software scm git docs git-branch html http   gitready com beginner 2009 03 09 remote-tracking-branches html

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