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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-03-10 11:13:44 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-03-10 11:13:44 -0800
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Merge branch 'mm/push-simple-doc' into maint
The documentation did not clearly state that the 'simple' mode is now the default for "git push" when push.default configuration is not set. * mm/push-simple-doc: Documentation/git-push: document that 'simple' is the default
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
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@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ the default `<refspec>` by consulting `remote.*.push` configuration,
and if it is not found, honors `push.default` configuration to decide
what to push (See linkgit:git-config[1] for the meaning of `push.default`).
+When neither the command-line nor the configuration specify what to
+push, the default behavior is used, which corresponds to the `simple`
+value for `push.default`: 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.
+
OPTIONS[[OPTIONS]]
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