Remotes — push and pull

A remote is just a copy of your repo somewhere else — usually GitHub, GitLab, or a server. By default, when you git clone, Git names that remote origin.

Two operations matter:

• git push — upload your local commits to the remote.
• git pull — download new commits from the remote and merge them into your branch.

First push of a new branch needs to set up tracking: git push -u origin feature/login. The -u (or --set-upstream) tells Git 'remember this — feature/login here pairs with feature/login on origin'. Subsequent pushes are just git push.

git pull = git fetch + git merge. fetch downloads commits but doesn't touch your branch. merge then integrates them. If you prefer rebase: git pull --rebase (or set it as default with git config --global pull.rebase true).

When push fails with 'rejected — non-fast-forward' it means the remote has commits you don't. Don't force-push immediately — first git pull (or pull --rebase), resolve any conflicts, then push.