Git push not creating remote branch, pushing to master

Question

I'm having an issue where I'm trying to push a local branch to a remote branch so that I can then create a pull request into master. I'm using:

git push origin brachname

This seems to fail, and instead is pushing to the master remote branch (which isn't great). If I reference the local and remote branches explicitly (ie: branchname:branchname) it works fine. It seems that either I have something off with my git config, or there's something wrong with the way I'm creating my local branches.

Any help would be appreciated.

possible duplicate of [Push a new local branch to a remote Git repo and track it too](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2765421/push-a-new-local-branch-to-a-remote-git-repo-and-track-it-too) — tanaydin, Jun 01 '15 at 13:15
The command looks just fine. So how _do_ you create your local branches? — arkascha, Jun 01 '15 at 13:19
Which branch does it think it's tracking? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/171550/find-out-which-remote-branch-a-local-branch-is-tracking — James Bateson, Mar 23 '16 at 10:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Looks like you are on the master branch and trying to push it to another branch.

How to be able to push to different branch name?

Set/Update the tracking branch

git < 1.8:
git branch --set-upstream branch_name remote/branch_name

git > 1.8:
git branch branch_name --set-upstream-to remote/branch_name

Your current tracking information is inside your .git/config file

Create a new branch with the desired name

git checkout -b <new_branch>
git push origin <new_branch>

git will push to the remote branch your current branch name (assuming you did not changed the tracking branch)

Renaming the branch (so the tracking branch will be updated too)

Or you can use the -u switch:
git branch branch_name -u remote/branch_name

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jun 01 '15 at 13:19

CodeWizard

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I'm using `--set-upstream` with current Git versions. – Pavel Šimerda Jun 01 '15 at 15:14
It always worked for me and it is also what Git itself suggests when you don't have any upstream set. – Pavel Šimerda Jun 01 '15 at 15:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '15 at 13:20

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Try the below

 git push -u origin <branch_name>

If you have permission to push a local branch onto remote repo, it should go through

answered Jun 01 '15 at 13:20

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If you would have read the question this is exactly what he did (line 2 in the question) – CodeWizard Jun 01 '15 at 13:21
Doesn't look like he set the upstream ? – Mayur Nagekar Jun 01 '15 at 13:22

Git push not creating remote branch, pushing to master

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How to be able to push to different branch name?