Git: Working with Remote Repository

Add remote repository
– This will set fetch and push url to remote_url

git remote add <remote_name> <remote_url>

Update push url
– Sometimes we do not have an access to push to remote_url

git remote set-url --push <remote_name> "<some_message>"

Fetch remote
– Do not forget to do this after you add your remotes

git fetch <remote_name>
git fetch --all

Merge from remote

git merge <from_remote_name>/<from_remote_branch>

Pull from remote

git pull <from_remote_name> <from_remote_branch>

If you encounter “fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories” while pulling from remote
– This will mostly cause merge conflict

git pull --allow-unrelated-histories <from_remote_name> <from_remote_branch>

Set default upstream

git branch -u, --set-upstream-to <remote_name>/<remote_branch>

Push to remote with no default upstream

git push <to_remote_name> <to_remote_branch>

Push to remote and set it to default upstream
– After you set its default upstream, your next push is just a git push

git push -u, --set-upstream <remote_name> <remote_branch>

Branching from remote

git checkout -b <local_branch> <remote_name>/<remote_branch>

Diffing to remote

git diff <remote_name>/<remote_branch> <file_to_diff>