Pushing and Pulling

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What is Git?Installing and Setting Up Git Creating a Repository Staging and Committing Viewing Status and History Viewing Changes Branching Merging Branches Resolving Merge Conflicts Working with Remotes Pushing and Pulling Cloning Repositories Stashing Changes Ignoring Files Undoing Changes with Reset Cherry-Picking Commits Rebasing Git Best Practices

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# Pushing and Pulling

Push sends your commits to a remote. Pull fetches and integrates changes from a remote.

## Pushing Changes

```bash
git push origin main
```

Sends your local `main` commits to the `origin` remote.

## Set Upstream

```bash
git push -u origin main
```

The `-u` flag sets `origin main` as the default upstream. After this, just run `git push`.

## Pulling Changes

```bash
git pull origin main
```

Fetches and merges remote changes into your current branch.

## Pull with Rebase

```bash
git pull --rebase origin main
```

Replays your local commits on top of the fetched changes instead of creating a merge commit.

## What `--set-upstream` Does

```bash
git push --set-upstream origin feature
```

Links your local `feature` branch to the remote `feature` branch. After this, `git push` and `git pull` work without arguments.

## Best Practices

- Pull before pushing to avoid conflicts
- Use `--rebase` for cleaner history
- Set upstream once, then use shorthand commands
- Push regularly to share progress with your team

## Common Mistakes

- Forgetting to pull before push
- Pushing force to shared branches
- Not setting upstream and getting errors
- Pushing sensitive data accidentally

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