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How do you push changes to your GitHub page without deleting everything and re-uploading it? #23041
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As the title hints, I’m a complete noob at git. Right now the way I’ve been updating my github page site is by deleting the repository, then making a new one with the new website contents. I figure there has to be a more efficient way to just push the changes there, but I can’t figure out how to do it. |
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Hello @sphericalsilver, You want to update the master branch, correct? If so, you should be able to run git push origin master to push your local changes to your online repository. The following page has more info on git push. https://help.github.com/en/articles/pushing-commits-to-a-remote-repository Another alternative is to use GitHub Desktop. With this you can clone your repository to your local system, make changes, and then commit and push these changes to your online repository. This the method I use to update my GitHub pages. |
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I followed this by updating my master branch with the new changes but the changes did not reflect onto my github page(deployed state) , am i doing something wrong ? |
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Maybe it just takes a little while, maybe there's some problem that prevents the deployment. It's impossible to say without seeing the repository. However that's a separate question that should be in a separate thread. If you create one make sure to include a link to the repository so people can take a look. 😉 |
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Just to back airtower-luna up, for me, changes went 'live' to the page in ~5 minutes, but not instantly. Take a deep breath, get coffee, then refresh the page. |
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Thank you, that’s really helpful! |
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Hello @sphericalsilver,
You want to update the master branch, correct? If so, you should be able to run git push origin master to push your local changes to your online repository. The following page has more info on git push.
https://help.github.com/en/articles/pushing-commits-to-a-remote-repository
Another alternative is to use GitHub Desktop. With this you can clone your repository to your local system, make changes, and then commit and push these changes to your online repository. This the method I use to update my GitHub pages.