Editing Move Uncommited Changes In Git To A Different Computer

On the remote machine, create a branch for transferring the uncommitted changes. 

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$ git co -b xfer
$ git add [changes]
$ git commit -m "my message"
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On the local machine, add the remote machine as a remote repo.

In the command below replace [ALIAS] with the alias for the remote repo. Replace [REMOTE_HOST_ADDR] with the address or host name of the remote computer.

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$ git add remote [ALIAS] ssh://[REMOTE_HOST_ADDR]/path/to/repo
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Configure both the local and remote computers to use public keys for ssh authorization to avoid entering the ssh password when running git commands. 

Switch to the `xfer` branch on the local machine and fetch the changes from the remote machine. Replace `[ALIAS]` with the alias from the git add remote command.

N.B. `git fetch` retrieves the git metadata describing all of the changes in the repo without copying any files. `git pull` pulls the changed files from the remote.

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$ git fetch [ALIAS]
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Switch back to the main branch and merge in the changes when the larger set of edits are ready to be incorporated into the project.

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$ git co master
$ git merge xfer
$ git push
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