JULIE@JULIE-PC MINGW64 ~/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication1 (2.8.X)
$ git checkout 2.8.X
warning: refname '2.8.X' is ambiguous.
Already on '2.8.X'
M       package/pom.xml
Your branch and 'origin/2.8.0' have diverged,
and have 1 and 3 different commits each, respectively.
  (use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours)

JULIE@JULIE-PC MINGW64 ~/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication1 (2.8.X)
$ git pull
Enter passphrase for key '/c/Users/JULIE/.ssh/id_rsa':
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
        package/pom.xml
Please commit your changes or stash them before you merge.
Aborting

JULIE@JULIE-PC MINGW64 ~/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication1 (2.8.X)
$ git commit
On branch 2.8.X
Your branch and 'origin/2.8.0' have diverged,
and have 1 and 3 different commits each, respectively.
  (use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours)

Changes not staged for commit:
        modified:   package/pom.xml

no changes added to commit

JULIE@JULIE-PC MINGW64 ~/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication1 (2.8.X)
$ git add .;

JULIE@JULIE-PC MINGW64 ~/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication1 (2.8.X)
$ git commit -m " package/pom.xml ";
[2.8.X ab87802]  package/pom.xml
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

JULIE@JULIE-PC MINGW64 ~/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication1 (2.8.X)
$ git push origin 2.8.X;
error: src refspec 2.8.X matches more than one.
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:jwnasambu/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication.git'

JULIE@JULIE-PC MINGW64 ~/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication1 (2.8.X)