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GitHub Made Crystal Clear · chapter 1: The GitHub moment

Where is my file right now

2026-08-27

The remote repository is the copy on GitHub. git push "updates the remote repository with any commits made locally to a branch". Until you push, nothing you did exists anywhere but your laptop. That single sentence resolves most of the "I committed it but my teammate cannot see it" confusion.

Figure 1.2: Where is my file right now. Four places, four commands. Every later diagram in this book is a zoom into one part of this one.
Figure 1.2: Where is my file right now. Four places, four commands. Every later diagram in this book is a zoom into one part of this one.

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