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Development Tools Git Basics Working With Remote Repositories Pushing and Pulling

Posted by Mustafa Coban
Mustafa Coban
1,036 Points

Why do we type "git push origin new_feature" if it already assumes origin when we don't type it.

The instructor says that if we don't provide a remote repo name, git automatically assumes it to be "origin" but when he doesn't provide it, git shows an error message. What is the reason behind?

1 Answer

Carlos Vieira
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Carlos Vieira
Courses Plus Student 1,345 Points
Carlos Vieira
Carlos Vieira
Courses Plus Student 1,345 Points

If you run git push and don't provide a remote, git will assume that your remote is origin. In the case you want to push a branch to the remote, when you run git push origin new_feature, if you don't provide the name of the remote, git will assume that the name of the remote is new_feature