How to commit and push in Git

With a clean master branch checked out, you can create a task branch by typing:

git checkout -b task_branch

As your are doing work you can commit regularly, and you must also commit when you are finished with your task. You can commit by typing:

git commit -am "commit message"

Now that you've finished your task you need to checkout master and merge your work. To checkout master simply type:

git checkout master

git merge task_branch

Now that your work is merged, go ahead and push the master branch by typing:

git push origin master