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]]
------------------
and also push annotated tags in `refs/tags` that are missing
from the remote but are pointing at commit-ish that are
reachable from the refs being pushed. This can also be specified
- with configuration variable 'push.followTags'. For more
- information, see 'push.followTags' in linkgit:git-config[1].
+ with configuration variable `push.followTags`. For more
+ information, see `push.followTags` in linkgit:git-config[1].
--[no-]signed::
--sign=(true|false|if-asked)::
For every branch that is up to date or successfully pushed, add
upstream (tracking) reference, used by argument-less
linkgit:git-pull[1] and other commands. For more information,
- see 'branch.<name>.merge' in linkgit:git-config[1].
+ see `branch.<name>.merge` in linkgit:git-config[1].
--[no-]thin::
These options are passed to linkgit:git-send-pack[1]. A thin transfer
all submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. A value of
- 'no' or using '--no-recurse-submodules' can be used to override the
+ 'no' or using `--no-recurse-submodules` can be used to override the
push.recurseSubmodules configuration variable when no submodule
recursion is required.