Git - Different Remote for each Branch

Question

I'm unsure of how to ask this properly but I'll try and do my best - I'm by no means a Git aficionado, I know how to use the basic commands but not advanced terminology/functionality.

I have a private repository myrepo cloned from a private server git.mydomain.com . I'm familiar with the process of branching code on the same repository with git checkout -b mybranch - however I'd like to branch to GitHub rather than my private server, resulting in something like this:

Repo       Branch      Remote Location    (Purpose)
------------------------------------------------------------
myrepo --> private --> git.mydomain.com  (Incremental work)
  |
  +------> public  --> github.com        (Public releases)

Essentially I'd like to be able to git checkout public and git merge private .

Answer 1

You can set a different branch to push to a different server for individual branches by using these commands:

As of Git 1.8.0:

git branch --set-upstream-to origin/foo foo

Note: If the last foo is left out, it will choose the current branch.

As of Git 1.7.0:

git branch --set-upstream foo origin/foo

In your case, you would use this by adding your two remotes ( mydomain and github ) and setting each branch to push to them individually. It might look something like this:

Make sure you add the remotes if you haven't already:

git remote add github git://github.com/foo/myrepo.git
git remote add mydomain git://git.mydomain.com/foo/myrepo.git

Then set the branches to push to the right places:

git branch --set-upstream-to mydomain/private private
git branch --set-upstream-to github/public public

After this is all set up, you can push and pull just by using git push and git pull . This will push and pull to the github remote when you're on the public branch, and to your mydomain.com remote when you're on your private branch.