Mathias Kunter wrote: > Am 29.05.21 um 09:11 schrieb Felipe Contreras: > > Now that the code has been simplified and it's clear what it's > > actually doing, update the documentation to reflect that. > > > > Namely; the simple mode only barfs when working on a centralized > > workflow, and there's no configured upstream branch with the same name. > > > > [...] > > > > +* `simple` - pushes the current branch with the same name on the remote. > > +If you are working on a centralized workflow (pushing to the same repository you > > +pull from, which is typically `origin`), then you need to configure an upstream > > +branch with the same name. > > I'd like to remark that I personally find the following description of > `push.default=simple`, taken from the git push man page [1], easier to > understand: > > > The current branch is pushed to the corresponding upstream branch, but > > as a safety measure, the push is aborted if the upstream branch does not > > have the same name as the local one. Except that isn't accurate. git clone $url git checkout -b fix-1 # do commits git push Does that push the current branch to the corresponding upstream branch? -- Felipe Contreras