Git: Push to multiple remotes at once

Git lets you push to multiple remotes at once by setting multiple URLs for a remote. This is will allow you to push to many remotes with a single git push. I find this convenient when I need to frequently push to a mirror since it is easier than doing two git pushes everytime.

To setup pushing to multiple remotes with a single git push:

1. Clone your repository, or create one fresh and configure it how you would with a single remote as origin.

   git remote add origin [email protected]:[username]/[repository]
   

2. Set the multiple remote URLs including the one you already set above.

   git remote set-url --add --push origin [email protected]:[username]/[repository]
   git remote set-url --add --push origin [email protected]:[username]/[repository]
   

To confirm the remote URLs are configured correctly:

git remote -v

You should see something like this:

origin	[email protected]:[username]/[repository] (fetch)
origin	[email protected]:[username]/[repository] (push)
origin	[email protected]:[username]/[repository] (push)

From here on a git fetch or git pull will fetch from the first URL in that list, and a git push will push to all push URLs.

This can be a great feature to use if you’ve got a repository mirrored on GitHub and BitBucket, or if you’re using AWS CodeCommit and want to mirror the repository across multiple regions.