Final answer:
To push to a specific branch in Git, navigate to your repository directory, pull the latest changes, commit your code, and then push using the command 'git push origin branch_name', substituting 'branch_name' with your target branch name.
Step-by-step explanation:
To push your code to a specific branch on Git, you will need to use the git push command along with your remote name and the branch you want to push to. Here's a step-by-step process:
- Open your terminal or command prompt.
- Navigate to the directory that contains your Git repository.
- Before pushing, ensure your local branch is up to date with any changes that may have been made to the remote branch. Use the command git pull origin branch_name, replace branch_name with the name of your branch.
- After your branch is up to date, add your changes to the staging area using git add . or git add filename if you want to add specific files.
- Commit your changes with git commit -m 'Your commit message'.
- Finally, to push your commit to the specific branch use git push origin branch_name, again replace branch_name with the name of the branch you wish to push to.
This will update the remote repository with your changes on the specified branch. If the branch doesn't exist on the remote, it will be created.