OK, I know this is straight forward git stuff, but I just couldn't find a clear example anywhere. I cloned a remote git repository, created a new local branch and then wanted to push that branch back to the original remote repository (without merging it first).
First, I cloned a remote repository, e.g.:
git clone git@github.com:von/sandbox.git
Then I created a new branch locally and make changes in that branch:
cd sandbox
git checkout -b new-branch
edit && commit
Now I pushed the new branch back to the remote repository (i.e. origin) without merging it into the main branch (i.e. master). To do this, while on new-branch, just do a git push origin HEAD, i.e.:
git checkout new-branch
git push origin HEAD
Basically you are saying push to origin the current HEAD.
