Push a new branch and set its upstream.

Connect a feature branch with its remote counterpart.

Shell terminal
set -euo pipefail
git switch -qc feature/notes
git push -q -u origin feature/notes
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref "@{upstream}"

Expected output EXAMPLE

origin/feature/notes

Details

Requires Git and Bash. Run in a disposable practice repository. The test setup below creates the starting files and commits. Tested with a local bare remote, not a GitHub account. Replace origin with an authorized remote for real collaboration.

✓ Verified

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · git version 2.43.0 · git 1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.3

Test inputs, results and environment

The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.

Architecture / host kernel
x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Snippet identity / locale
uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
Interpreter invocation
bash -euo pipefail -c <published code>
Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3
Code SHA-256
694d9e9d7923f058b4483f718eece19eef21cabcf5004e2358a905539d71a5bd
Dependencies
git 1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.3

Test input setup

These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.

git init -q -b main .
git config user.name 'Example Developer'
git config user.email 'developer@example.invalid'
git config commit.gpgsign false
printf 'first\n' > notes.txt
git add notes.txt
git commit -qm 'Initial notes'
git init -q --bare remote.git
git remote add origin ./remote.git
git push -q -u origin main

Observed standard output

origin/feature/notes

Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.