Remotes: git push, pull, fetch & clone

💻 GitLesson 8Intermediate

Remote repositories are hosting points (like GitHub or GitLab) used to back up commits, trace histories, and sync modifications across developer teams.

1 Remote Operations

Shell — Remote Management

# Show linked remote tracking URLs
git remote -v

# Link a local repository to a remote server
git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repository.git

# Push local commits to remote branch
git push -u origin main

# Fetch changes from remote without merging them
git fetch origin

# Fetch and merge changes in a single command
git pull origin main

2 Code Challenge

Challenge: Create an empty repository on GitHub, map it as the origin remote on your local test repository, and push your commits to the remote main branch.