Set upstream and push the current branch
Low risk
What do risk levels mean?
- Read-only
- Inspects state without changing anything.
- Low risk
- Reversible with a routine follow-up command.
- Medium risk
- Changes state; undo path documented.
- Destructive
- Deletes or overwrites; confirmation required.
Publishes the current local branch to the remote and links it to that remote branch, so future plain `git push`/`git pull` work without an explicit branch name.
gitpushupstreambranch
Commands
Confirm which local branch is about to be published
git status --short --branchPublish the current branch and set it to track the matching remote branch
git push --set-upstream origin HEADVerification
git status --short --branchBranch shows it is now up to date with its new upstream (e.g. `## branch...origin/branch`).
Undo
Remove the branch from the remote
git push origin --delete HEADClear the local tracking reference
git branch --unset-upstreamPitfalls
- Fails if a differently-named branch already exists on the remote with diverged history; resolve that before retrying.
- Deleting a shared remote branch as undo can disrupt collaborators who already fetched it.