If you need to force push an subtree

publish-ghpages.md

git checkout master # you can avoid this line if you are in master...
git subtree split --prefix dist -b gh-pages # create a local gh-pages branch containing the splitted output folder
git push -f origin gh-pages:gh-pages # force the push of the gh-pages branch to the remote gh-pages branch at origin
git branch -D gh-pages # delete the local gh-pages because you will need it: ref

Thank you good sir!

Thanks mate! This was helpful :)

Thanks! This was great.

For anyone else stumbling on this, here are some pertinent doc links. Chances are you've seen this stuff, but subtree was new to me.

• split overview
• split options
• push --force
• branch -D

Brilliant! Thanks.

More concise approach:

git push origin `git subtree split --prefix dist master`:gh-pages --force

OMG ! You saved my life ! I had tried for a long time ! Tks

More concise approach:

git push origin `git subtree split --prefix dist master`:gh-pages --force

This is perfect. Thanks.

This all requires that dist is already committed to master. Is it possible to just push something not committed?

very nice, sir!

I love this, but it would be nice if the local and remote branches weren't named the same in your example - I can never remember what order gh-pages:gh-pages is :)

More concise approach:

git push origin `git subtree split --prefix dist master`:gh-pages --force

For those using fish shell:

git push origin (git subtree split --prefix dist master):gh-pages --force