Sync a Repository

Overview

Update your local repository and send your changes to the remote repository.

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Before you begin

Make sure:

• you have cloned the repository
  (see: Clone a repository)
• you are inside the repository directory
• you have permission to update the repository

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Steps

1. Open a terminal

Open a terminal on your local machine.

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2. Navigate to the repository

cd <repository-name>

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3. Check repository status

git status

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4. Get latest changes

git pull

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5. Add your changes

git add <file-or-directory>

To add all changes:

git add .

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6. Commit your changes

git commit -m "<commit-message>"

Replace <commit-message> with a short description of your change.

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7. Send changes to the repository

git push

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Verify

Check that:

• your changes are committed:

git status

• your branch is up to date:

git log -n 3

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Troubleshooting

Nothing to commit

Possible causes:

• no changes were made
• changes were not added

Check:

git status

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Push rejected

Possible causes:

• remote repository has new changes
• you need to pull before pushing

Run:

git pull

then retry:

git push

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Authentication failed

Possible causes:

• incorrect credentials
• authentication method not configured

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Related pages

• Clone a repository
• Create a repository
• UCT GitLab