Make Heroku run non-master Git branch
I have a project hosted on Heroku and it's gotten to the point where I want to make an alternate test server (so I can test Heroku workers without messing up production).
I have already set up my main Heroku remote running my trunk and a Heroku-dev remote on which I wish to run an alternate branch.
My problem is that since my alternate branch isn't master, Heroku won't build it.
$ git push heroku-dev test
counting objects ...
...
Pushed to non-master branch, skipping build.
To [email protected]:example-dev.git
* [new branch] test -> test
Switching this build to master is not an option at the moment. Obviously one option is to create a whole new git repo that's a clone of my test branch, but that doesn't sound very ideal.
Answer
You can push an alternative branch to Heroku using Git.
git push heroku-dev test:master
This pushes your local test branch to the remote's master branch (on Heroku).
Comment from @Brian Armstrong:
Worth noting also, when you're ready to go back to master you need to do
git push -f heroku master:master