How do I safely merge to a remote branch on Github

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For work I had to clone a repository. On my local repo I made some changes on the master branch. But now I need to make those same changes on a new feature branch in the remote repo. How do I do that without changing the master branch of the origin repo. I'm following this tutorial which says that I have to pull from origin but I'm afraid my changes will overwrite the master branch of the origin. Maybe what I should have done was to create a local feature branch instead of modifying code on the master branch?

Regret Type 3? https://stackoverflow.com/a/59675191/341994 – matt Sep 15 '20 at 13:15 — matt, Sep 15 '20 at 13:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '20 at 15:11

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Create a new local branch

git checkout -b myFeatureBranch

Then set an upstream for it and push it to the server

git push --set-upstream origin myFeatureBranch

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And then maybe add: git branch -d master – TTT Sep 14 '20 at 15:56

How do I safely merge to a remote branch on Github

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