When pushing to a remote branch, normally you need both a remote and a branch name, like so:
$> git push <remote-repo-name> <branch-to-push>
Setting a remote repo’s push config to “HEAD” will make this process easier:
[remote "github"] url = https://github.com/username/repo.git refs = # ... push = HEAD
This will do two things:
1. You no longer need to specify the branch when you push
2. It will automatically push the branch you are currently in
Pushing now looks something like this:
$> git push <remote-repo-name>
This way, if you are in master, it will update the remote’s master branch.
If you are in a new branch and you push, it will create that remote branch. For example, if we just checked-out “sakura” and we push, it will create the “sakura” branch in the remote repository.
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