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+title: Set default push branch name
+type: snippet
+tags: [configuration,branch]
+author: chalarangelo
+cover: pink-flower
+dateModified: 2021-06-30T05:00:00-04:00
+---
+
+Use the name of the current branch when pushing by default as the name of the remote branch.
+
+- Use `git config push.default current` to set the name of the remote branch to the one of the current local branch as the default.
+- You can use the `--global` flag to configure this option globally.
+
+```shell
+git config [--global] push.default current
+```
+
+```shell
+git config --global push.default current
+
+git checkout -b my-branch
+git push -u
+# Pushes to origin/my-branch
+```