Merge two remote branches in a Git repository

Question

I have one remote repository with many branches. For example, my repository name is:

http://navis.com/MyRepo.git

Its branches are:

development
production (master)
testing

I would like to merge the development branch into the production (master) branch. Can anybody share a Git command for merging two remote branches?

score 90 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '15 at 05:36

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If you have remote-tracking branches set up locally, it's as simple as:

git checkout production
git merge development
git push origin production

If you have not yet set up remote-tracking branches, you could do something like:

git fetch origin
git checkout production     # or `git checkout -b production origin/production` if you haven't set up production branch locally
git merge origin/development
git push origin production

answered Jan 27 '15 at 05:36

charlierproctor

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First do I clone production branch? – Sai Ye Yan Naing Aye Jan 27 '15 at 05:45
@ charlierproctor you right but i have some files, these are both changes and not merge.Any suggestion? – Sai Ye Yan Naing Aye Jan 27 '15 at 06:49
It sounds like you are running into merge conflicts. Unfortunately, you need to manually resolve these issues. Open up the files where the conflicts occur and manually resolve the conflicts. When you're done, add and commit. – charlierproctor Jan 27 '15 at 06:51

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '19 at 02:26

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you can do this like:

git pull origin development:temp
git push origin temp:production

Why a temp branch is need and you should not to use the local development? Because your local development may not be the same as the remote one.

answered Dec 23 '19 at 02:26

zizhen zhan

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Merge two remote branches in a Git repository

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