What does it mean to branch and send a merge-request?

Question

git

1. I made a thread. git checkout -b name1
   
2. Made a commit
   
3. Should I push or merge now?
   

Answer 1

It is necessary to push the branch to the same branch and make a merge request in the interface using the link that git will issue

Answer 2

If you are working alone, you can locally merge the name1 branch into master and then push the master branch.