GitHub - Unsynchronized Commit?

Question

I made a bunch of changes to files in a git repository. Before I committed anything I was asked to commit some other files someone else had for me (coming from an SVN reposi

Answer 1

In the GitHub for Mac GUI client, go to Repository > Push on the menubar.

This will upload any unsynced commits to the GitHub server. Since this does not download any new code, the GitHub client will not force you to commit all your changes. This is useful if you have a bunch of local changes that are not ready to commit, but you also have several local changes that are ready to commit.

This seems easier than (although conceptually equivalent to) the previous suggested answers involving the git command-line interface.