Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] doc: push: explain default=simple correctly

From

Mathias Kunter <mathiaskunter@gmail.com>

Date

May 31, 2021, 07:12 UTC

Message-ID

<3e5c2303-030e-928e-af57-8e2be8f3ce86@gmail.com>

In-Reply-To

<60b3e2ceee840_ee4c20823@natae.notmuch>

Am 30.05.21 um 21:09 schrieb Felipe Contreras:

>>> 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?

I see. Then maybe reword to something like this:

> The current branch is pushed to a branch with the same name on the
> remote, but as a safety measure, the push is aborted if a corresponding
> upstream branch does not have the same name as the local one.

> If you are working on a centralized workflow, then you need to configure
> an upstream branch with the same name.