Git: which is the default configured remote for branch?
I have a remote bare repository hub
. I work only in the master
branch.
The last sentence of this error message below makes me wonder: How do I find out which is the "default configured remote for your current branch"? And how do I set it?
[myserver]~/progs $ git remote -v
hub ~/sitehub/progs.git/ (fetch)
hub ~/sitehub/progs.git/ (push)
[myserver]~/progs $ git branch -r
hub/master
[myserver]~/progs $ cat .git/HEAD
ref: refs/heads/master
[myserver]~/progs $ git pull hub
You asked to pull from the remote 'hub', but did not specify
a branch. Because this is not the default configured remote
for your current branch, you must specify a branch on the command line.
You can do it more simply, guaranteeing that your .gitconfig
is left in a meaningful state:
Using Git version v1.8.0 and above
git push -u hub master
when pushing, or:git branch -u hub/master
OR
(This will set the remote for the currently checked-out branch to hub/master
)git branch --set-upstream-to hub/master
OR
(This will set the remote for the branch named branch_name
to hub/master
)git branch branch_name --set-upstream-to hub/master
If you're using v1.7.x
or earlier
you must use --set-upstream
:git branch --set-upstream master hub/master
Track the remote branch
You can specify the default remote repository for pushing and pulling using git-branch’s track option. You’d normally do this by specifying the --track option when creating your local master branch, but as it already exists we’ll just update the config manually like so:
Edit your .git/config
[branch "master"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/master
Now you can simply git push and git pull.
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