diff --git a/__tests__/git/push.test.ts b/__tests__/git/push.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('node:child_process', () => ({
+  execFile: vi.fn(),
+}))
+
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process'
+import { pushBranchForJob } from '../../src/git/push.js'
+
+// promisify(execFile) will call execFile(cmd, args, opts, cb) internally
+type ExecCallback = (err: Error | null, result?: { stdout: string; stderr: string }) => void
+const mockExec = execFile as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+
+const SHA_HEAD = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
+const SHA_BASE = 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks()
+})
+
+describe('pushBranchForJob', () => {
+  it('returns pushed=true with remoteRef on successful push', async () => {
+    mockExec.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[], _opts: unknown, cb: ExecCallback) => {
+      if (args.includes('HEAD')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_HEAD}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      if (args.includes('origin/main')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_BASE}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      // git push -u origin <branch>
+      return cb(null, { stdout: '', stderr: '' })
+    })
+
+    const result = await pushBranchForJob({ worktreePath: '/wt/job-abc', branchName: 'feat/job-abc' })
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ pushed: true, remoteRef: 'refs/heads/feat/job-abc' })
+  })
+
+  it('returns no-changes when HEAD equals origin/main', async () => {
+    mockExec.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[], _opts: unknown, cb: ExecCallback) => {
+      if (args.includes('HEAD') || args.includes('origin/main')) {
+        return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_BASE}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      }
+      return cb(null, { stdout: '', stderr: '' })
+    })
+
+    const result = await pushBranchForJob({ worktreePath: '/wt/job-abc', branchName: 'feat/job-abc' })
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ pushed: false, reason: 'no-changes', stderr: '' })
+  })
+
+  it('returns no-credentials when push fails with Authentication failed', async () => {
+    const authError = Object.assign(new Error('git push failed'), {
+      stderr: 'fatal: Authentication failed for https://github.com/...',
+    })
+    mockExec.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[], _opts: unknown, cb: ExecCallback) => {
+      if (args.includes('HEAD')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_HEAD}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      if (args.includes('origin/main')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_BASE}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      return cb(authError)
+    })
+
+    const result = await pushBranchForJob({ worktreePath: '/wt/job-abc', branchName: 'feat/job-abc' })
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ pushed: false, reason: 'no-credentials' })
+    expect((result as { stderr: string }).stderr).toContain('Authentication failed')
+  })
+
+  it('returns conflict when push is rejected (non-fast-forward)', async () => {
+    const conflictError = Object.assign(new Error('git push failed'), {
+      stderr: '! [rejected] feat/job-abc -> feat/job-abc (non-fast-forward)',
+    })
+    mockExec.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[], _opts: unknown, cb: ExecCallback) => {
+      if (args.includes('HEAD')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_HEAD}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      if (args.includes('origin/main')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_BASE}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      return cb(conflictError)
+    })
+
+    const result = await pushBranchForJob({ worktreePath: '/wt/job-abc', branchName: 'feat/job-abc' })
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ pushed: false, reason: 'conflict' })
+  })
+
+  it('returns unknown for unrecognised push errors', async () => {
+    const unknownError = Object.assign(new Error('git push failed'), {
+      stderr: 'error: some unexpected thing happened',
+    })
+    mockExec.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[], _opts: unknown, cb: ExecCallback) => {
+      if (args.includes('HEAD')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_HEAD}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      if (args.includes('origin/main')) return cb(null, { stdout: `${SHA_BASE}\n`, stderr: '' })
+      return cb(unknownError)
+    })
+
+    const result = await pushBranchForJob({ worktreePath: '/wt/job-abc', branchName: 'feat/job-abc' })
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ pushed: false, reason: 'unknown' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/git/push.ts b/src/git/push.ts
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+++ b/src/git/push.ts
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+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process'
+import { promisify } from 'node:util'
+
+const exec = promisify(execFile)
+
+type PushSuccess = { pushed: true; remoteRef: string }
+type PushFailure = {
+  pushed: false
+  reason: 'no-credentials' | 'conflict' | 'no-changes' | 'unknown'
+  stderr: string
+}
+
+export type PushResult = PushSuccess | PushFailure
+
+export async function pushBranchForJob(opts: {
+  worktreePath: string
+  branchName: string
+}): Promise<PushResult> {
+  const { worktreePath, branchName } = opts
+
+  // Detect no new commits vs origin/main
+  let headSha: string
+  let baseSha: string
+  try {
+    const [headResult, baseResult] = await Promise.all([
+      exec('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], { cwd: worktreePath }),
+      exec('git', ['rev-parse', 'origin/main'], { cwd: worktreePath }),
+    ])
+    headSha = headResult.stdout.trim()
+    baseSha = baseResult.stdout.trim()
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { pushed: false, reason: 'unknown', stderr: (err as Error).message }
+  }
+
+  if (headSha === baseSha) {
+    return { pushed: false, reason: 'no-changes', stderr: '' }
+  }
+
+  // Push
+  try {
+    await exec('git', ['push', '-u', 'origin', branchName], { cwd: worktreePath })
+    return { pushed: true, remoteRef: `refs/heads/${branchName}` }
+  } catch (err) {
+    const stderr = (err as { stderr?: string }).stderr ?? (err as Error).message ?? ''
+    if (/Authentication failed|could not read Username/i.test(stderr)) {
+      return { pushed: false, reason: 'no-credentials', stderr }
+    }
+    if (/non-fast-forward|already exists on the remote|rejected/i.test(stderr)) {
+      return { pushed: false, reason: 'conflict', stderr }
+    }
+    return { pushed: false, reason: 'unknown', stderr }
+  }
+}