May 21, 2015 · git remote add origin means to add a remote repository named origin, which doesn't have any special technical meaning, it's just a widely used default name for an original remote …

Mar 2, 2012 · When I run: git push origin branchname What exactly is origin and why do I have to type it before the branch name?

Aug 9, 2016 · origin refers to the remote repo, rather than the local cloned copy of the remote repo. This is not clear when one reads that origin is an alias of remote and is created at the time of git clone …

Mar 2, 2022 · What does origin/main and origin/HEAD mean in my commit, and why are they red? Asked 3 years, 7 months ago Modified 3 years ago Viewed 5k times

Oct 30, 2017 · In other words: git fetch is exactly the same as: git fetch origin unless the current branch has an upstream setting that refers to a remote other than origin. So if, for instance, the current …

Apr 23, 2014 · What is the difference between: git push origin and git push origin HEAD? @MaciejD git push origin without specifying a branch name doesn't work. either you add a branch name or you say …

Jan 15, 2018 · What do you mean by "HEAD really just means "what is my repo currently pointing at"." If there are multiple branch in a repository, which one is the HEAD according to you? if there are 3 …

Feb 7, 2015 · I am working on a branch of git, for example, the branch name is branch1.1. when I do git pull origin branch1.1 What does this mean?

Jun 12, 2016 · You have already created branch solaris on origin, through an earlier push, and as your git branch output shows, you already have origin/solaris in your local repository. You just don't have it …

You could also do git fetch; git merge origin/master (which does not update your local master branch). Or even git fetch origin master:master; git merge master (which updates your local master branch …