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Development Tools Git Basics Working With Remote Repositories Pushing and Pulling

Jacob Goh
Jacob Goh
2,470 Points
Posted by Jacob Goh
Jacob Goh
2,470 Points

encounter warning while pushing

encounter this while using 'git push'

warning: push.default is unset; its implicit value has changed in Git 2.0 from 'matching' to 'simple'. To squelch this message and maintain the traditional behavior, use:

git config --global push.default matching

To squelch this message and adopt the new behavior now, use:

git config --global push.default simple

When push.default is set to 'matching', git will push local branches to the remote branches that already exist with the same name.

Since Git 2.0, Git defaults to the more conservative 'simple' behavior, which only pushes the current branch to the corresponding remote branch that 'git pull' uses to update the current branch.

See 'git help config' and search for 'push.default' for further information. (the 'simple' mode was introduced in Git 1.7.11. Use the similar mode 'current' instead of 'simple' if you sometimes use older versions of Git)

What should i do?

4 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

When pushing, git needs to know where you are pushing to. Do you have a remote defined? Use:

$ git remote -v

to see your remote connections. Use git remote add origin <URL> to add the connection. See adding a remote

Andrea Cognini
Andrea Cognini
8,459 Points
Andrea Cognini
Andrea Cognini
8,459 Points

Try to push on remote like this

git push origin master

the word "master" is referred to the chosen <branch>

Jami Schwarzwalder
Jami Schwarzwalder
17,961 Points
Jami Schwarzwalder
Jami Schwarzwalder
17,961 Points

I encountered the same problem and was able to change my global default.

git config --global push.default <option>

if you type in git help config you can see what options are available.