branches not showing up in new remote 'gitlab'

Question

I added new remote based on some online information that I have collected. My commands are

git remote add gitlab  http://[email protected]/janedoe/my.git
git push gitlab master -f

But when I do

git branch -a

*master
sprint_2
sprint_3
remote/gitlab/master
remote/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
remote/origin/sprint_2
remote/origin/sprint_3
remote/origin/sprint_1

How come I don't see branches sprint_2/3/1 in my gitlab remote?

Answer 1

this undesired behavior probably occur because the current branch has no upstream branch. To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream, use:

git push --set-upstream origin <your-branch-name>