doc: git-push: add explanation of `git push origin main`
What happens if you run `git push` without any arguments is actually extremely complex to explain, as discussed in the previous commit. But it's very easy to explain what `git push <remote> <branch>` does, so start the man page by explaining what that does. The hope is that someone could just stop reading the man page here and never learn anything else about `git push`, and that would be fine. Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Updates one or more branches, tags, or other references in a remote
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repository from your local repository, and sends all necessary data
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that isn't already on the remote.
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+The simplest way to push is `git push <remote> <branch>`.
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+`git push origin main` will push the local `main` branch to the `main`
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+branch on the remote named `origin`.
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The `<repository>` argument defaults to the upstream for the current branch,
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or `origin` if there's no configured upstream.
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