What are the differences between "git commit" and "git push"?

git push git-commit git-push git-index
ben picture ben · Apr 30, 2010 · Viewed 700.8k times · Source

In a Git tutorial I'm going through, git commit is used to store the changes you've made.

What is git push used for then?

Answer

tanascius picture tanascius · Apr 30, 2010

Basically git commit "records changes to the repository" while git push "updates remote refs along with associated objects". So the first one is used in connection with your local repository, while the latter one is used to interact with a remote repository.

Here is a nice picture from Oliver Steele, that explains the git model and the commands:

Git data transport commands

Read more about git push and git pull on GitReady.com (the article I referred to first)

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