git push vs git push origin <branchname>

Question

I'm quite new to Git.

I'm creating a branch and then want to push it to origin.

I think that simply issuing git push (while standing on my branch) should be sufficient.

Is it possible/reasonable to do that (by specifying push.default simple)?

Answer 1

The first push should be a:

git push -u origin branchname

That would make sure:

• your local branch has a remote tracking branch of the same name referring an upstream branch in your remote repo 'origin',
• this is compliant with the default push policy 'simple'

Any future git push will, with that default policy, only push the current branch, and only if that branch has an upstream branch with the same name.
that avoid pushing all matching branches (previous default policy), where tons of test branches were pushed even though they aren't ready to be visible on the upstream repo.