Remote Repositories and Synchronization - Git Recipes - page 382

• It sends the revisions required revisions from local database to the remote
database.
If you use the -u flag then the ordinary local branch doc is converted into a local
tracking branch for the remote tracking branch origin/doc .
This is how you can create a remote branch with the same name as one of your local
branches. If you want to create a remote branch with different name then your local
branch use the following syntax:
$ git push [remote-name]
[local-branch-name]:[remote-branch-name]
The command:
$ git push origin foo:bar
sends the local branch named foo and stores it at the remote end under the bar
name. The above command:
• Creates the remote branch bar in the remote repository
• Creates the remote tracking branch origin/foo in local repository
• Sets the local branch foo as a local tracking branch for the remote track-
ing branch origin/foo
If you want to remove a remote branch use:
$ git push [remote-name] :[remote-branch-to-remove]
as in:
$ git push origin :foo
The above command:
• Deletes the remote branch foo in origin
• Deletes the remote tracking branch origin/foo inyourlocal repository