Push to GitHub

Add a remote and push local commits to GitHub with the first push.

Add a GitHub Remote Repository

To connect your local repository to a repository on GitHub, use the git remote add command. The remote repository is commonly named origin.

git remote add origin https://github.com/user/project.git

This registers the remote repository address in your local repository; it does not upload files to GitHub yet.

Exercise Register the GitHub Remote Address

Add the GitHub repository sample-user/web-project to the local repository with the name origin. Then print a message confirming that the remote has been registered.

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git remote add origin https://github.com/ornek-kullanici/web-proje.git
print("GitHub adresi eklendi")

Exercise Complete the First Push

Push the local main branch to the origin remote repository. Set up upstream tracking during the first push and print a completion message.

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git push -u origin main
print("İlk gönderim tamamlandı")

Test yourself

Which command registers a GitHub address in a local repository?
- git remote add origin address
- git branch add origin address
- git commit origin address
- git status origin address
Show answer

git remote add origin address — Correct. The git remote add origin command registers the remote repository in your local project.

Set Upstream on the First Push

git push -u origin ____

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git push -u origin main

GitHub Publishing Concepts

git remote add

Registers a remote repository
git push

Uploads commits
-u

Sets upstream tracking
origin

Common remote name

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