Also, if I do the "setup" step (`push -u`) for a branch that doesn't
exist yet (neither on my PC nor on the server), does that remove the
need to do `git checkout -b <branch>` first?

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Stefan Monov <logix...@gmail.com> 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

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