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How to add a new local branch to track the remote branch created by GitHub pages (gh-pages)?

I deployed a repo to GitHub pages and it was created a new branch (gh-pages).

But on my machine, when I push changes to origin, it only goes to the master branch, and I have to, manually, add the updated content to gh-pages.

How can I add the gh-pages branch to my local machine so that I can push the changes automatically to GitHub pages?

Solution

  • You can create a branch by using git branch:

    $ git branch gh-pages

    And then check out to it:

    $ git checkout gh-pages

    or use the -b flag to perform both operations together:

    $ git checkout -b gh-pages

    Once you've done that, you can perform changes and commit them, and then use the branch name when pushing:

    $ git push origin gh-pages