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# Merging the changes from my local machine to GitHub

I still have a branch called **dev** on my local machine that does not show on GitHub. 

I can **git checkout dev** to switch to that branch, but if I try to push, there is no upstream branch to push to. However, I can force this.

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Checking on GitHub, my branch is there.

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I can see the commits, but earlier I created an **initial\_pages** branch from **dev** and I did not merge it.

On my local machine, I switch to dev and merge **initial\_pages**.

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And I can verify this worked.

<figure><img src="/files/79y5eWmvUuV8mRBfSGML" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Remember to tidy up!

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We didn’t sync this branch to GitHub, so that should be all traces gone.


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