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With typical Git repositories, you work on the files stored in a local repository. When your updates are ready, you push those changes from your local machine directly to the remote repository.
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Gerrit follows the standard Git workflow pattern, in that you use the git push command to copy your files from your local machine to the remote repository. However, instead of your changes going directly into the repository, they go into a specific namespace. This namespace uses the following pattern:
refs/for/[NAME]
where [NAME] is the name of the branch to which you want to push your commit. To learn more about the refs/for namespace, see The refs/for namespace.
From a terminal window, use the git add command to inform Git that you want to includ your updates in the next commit.
git add [FILE_NAME]
Use the git commit command to record your changes to the local repository.
git commit -m [MESSAGE]
where [MESSAGE] is a description of the changes in the commit.
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From a terminal window, type the following command:
git push origin HEAD:refs/for/[BRANCH_NAME]
For example, to push to the master branch, type:
git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master
Your commit is now ready for review.
