pact push

Commit and push your local changes to GitHub.

Usage

pact push [flags]

Flags

Examples

Push with default message

pact push

Uses the default commit message: "Update pact configuration"

Push with custom message

pact push -m "Add nvim keybindings"
pact push --message "Update shell aliases for new project"

What it Does

1. Checks initialization: Verifies pact is initialized
2. Gets token: Retrieves your GitHub token from keychain
3. Checks for changes: Uses git status to detect changes
4. Prompts for message: If no -m flag, prompts for commit message
5. Commits: Stages all changes and commits
6. Pushes: Pushes to the remote my-pact repo

Example Output

$ pact push -m "Add lazygit config"

Checking for changes...
✓ Found 2 changed files

Committing changes...
✓ Committed: Add lazygit config

Pushing to GitHub...
✓ Pushed successfully

No Changes

If there are no changes to push:

$ pact push

Checking for changes...
✓ No changes to push

Git Commit Author

Pact uses your git configuration for the commit author:

# Set your git identity
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

If git config is not set, Pact falls back to:

• Name: pact
• Email: pact@users.noreply.github.com

Workflow

A typical workflow for making changes:

# Edit your configuration
pact edit shell/zshrc

# Make your changes...

# Push to GitHub
pact push -m "Add Docker aliases"

# On another machine
pact sync shell

Use descriptive commit messages so you can track what changed when reviewing your pact history on GitHub.

Pushing from Web Editor

When using pact edit web, you can push changes directly from the browser without using the CLI.

Troubleshooting

"No changes to push"

Make sure you've saved your files. Check git status in your .pact/ directory:

cd .pact
git status

"Authentication failed"

Your GitHub token may have expired. Re-authenticate:

pact nuke
pact init

"Remote rejected"

Someone may have pushed changes from another machine. Pull first:

pact sync
pact push -m "Your message"