On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Stefan Monov <logixoul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > > I'd like to use just: > > git push > > or at most: > > git push origin > > rather than having to first check which is the active branch with `git > branch --list`, then type: > > git push origin <branch> > > At [1] and [2] I've seen that if I do this once: > > git push -u origin <branch> > > then from then on I can use just `git push` _for that branch_. > However, I don't want to do this "setup" step for each branch, because > it's extra work that I also may forget to do. > > Why is this "setup" step necessary and can I avoid it? > > Thanks, > Stefan > > [1] http://stackoverflow.com/q/19312622 > [2] http://stackoverflow.com/q/6529136 Try setting "push.default" configuration setting, see "git help config" and search for push.default I *think* what you want is "push.default = current" but you should read up on each option. Thanks, Jake