Push local master commits to remote branch

Question

I've been working on a local clone of a remote git repository, committing my changes to my local master branch. Now, I want to push my commits to the remote repository. However, I want to keep my local commits separate from the remote master branch, so that I don't break anything. How can I push my local commits to a new remote branch?

Answer 1

You should run git help push, which will tell you about the syntax for the refspec that you push to. In short, git push <remotename> <local_branch_name>:<remote_branch_name>