Changing the Git remote push to default

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I want to change the Git default remote branch destination so I could just  git push   Instead of   git push upstream   Currently this is set to the origin remote and I want to set it to a different remote   I tried to remove the original  cloned from  remote  git remote rm origin   Which did remove the original remote  But doesn t solve the git push problem  I still get      fatal  No configured push destination  Either specify the URL from the   command-line or configure a remote repository using      I also tried to play with   git remote set-url --push myfork origin   and other options but none seem to work  maybe because I deleted the origin remote too soon    Following the answer here I tried to change   git config push default upstream  or matching    but neither worked

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You can easily change default remote for branches all at once simple using this command  git push -u  lt remote name gt  --all

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It might be helpful to take a look at  git config inside your repo  it will list all remotes and also the default remote for each branch  eg    core      repositoryformatversion   0     filemode   true     bare   false     logallrefupdates   true  remote  origin       url   git gitea xxx be fii web2016 git     fetch    refs heads   refs remotes origin    branch  master       remote   origin     merge   refs heads master  branch  bugfix  8302       remote   origin     merge    refs heads bugfix  8302   branch  feature  8331       remote   origin     merge    refs heads feature  8331   remote  scm       url   https   scm xxx be git web2016bs git     fetch    refs heads   refs remotes scm     you can make manual changes in this file to remove an unwanted remote  or update the default remotes for the different branches you have   Pay attention  when changing or removing the remotes make sure to update all references to it in this config file

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git remote set-url --push origin should work  as you mentioned  but you need to explicitly provide the url instead of an alternative remote name  e g   git remote set-url --push origin git github com contributor repo git   You can confirm whether this worked by doing a git remote -v  E g       go src github com stretchr testify  master git remote -v fork    git github com contributor testify git  fetch  fork    git github com contributor testify git  push  origin  git github com stretchr testify  fetch  origin  git github com contributor testify git  push

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Very simply  and cobbling together some of the great comments here along with my own research into this   First  check out the local branch you want to tie to your remote branch   git checkout mybranch   Next   git branch -u origin mybranch   where   git branch -u  remote name   branch name    You should get a message    Branch mybranch set up to track remote branch mybranch from origin

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If you did git push origin -u localBranchName remoteBranchName and on sequentially git push commands  you get errors that then origin doesn t exist  then follow these steps    git remote -v   Check if there is any remote that I don t care  Delete them with git remote remove  name    git config --edit   Look for possible signs of a old non-existent remote   Look for pushdefault    remote    pushdefault   oldremote   Update oldremote value and save   git push should work now

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Just a clarification  using git version 1 7 9 5 on ubuntu 12 04    Git will add remove remotes  These are remote instances of git with a server attached   git remote add myremote git   remoteurl   You can then fetch said git repository like so   git fetch myremote   It seems this creates a branch named  myremote   however the remote for the branch is not automatically set  To do this  you must do the following   First  verify that you have this problem  i e   git config -l   grep myremote   You should see something like   remote myremote url git   remoteurl remote myremote fetch  refs heads   refs remotes myremote   branch myremote remote   branch myremote merge refs heads master   If you see branch myremote remote     then you should proceed   git config branch myremote remote myremote git checkout myremote git pull   You should now be up to date with the remote repository  and your pulls pushes should be tied to the appropriate remote  You can switch remotes in this manner  per branch   Note  1   According to a The Official Git Config Documentation  you can set up a default push branch  just search remote pushdefault on that page   however keep in mind that this will not affect repositories branches which already exist  so this will work but only for new repositories branches  You should remember that --global will set user-specific repository defaults     gitconfig   --system will set system-wide repository defaults   etc gitconfig   and no flag will set configuration options for the current repository     gitconfig    Also it should be noted that the push default config option is for configuring ref-spec behavior  not remote behavior    1   git branch --set-upstream myotherremote would usually work here  however git will complain that it will not set a branch as its own remote if git branch --set-upstream myremote is used  I believe however that this is incorrect behavior

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To change which upstream remote is  wired  to your branch  use the git branch command with the upstream configuration flag    Ensure the remote exists first   git remote -vv  Set the preferred remote for the current  checked out  branch   git branch --set-upstream-to  lt remote-name gt   Validate the branch is setup with the correct upstream remote   git branch -vv

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You can use git push -u  lt remote name gt   lt local branch name gt  to set the default upstream  See the documentation for git push for more details

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In my case  I fixed by the following    run git config --edit   In the git config file    branch  master   remote   origin    lt --- change the default origin here

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Working with Git 2 3 2      git branch --set-upstream-to myfork master   Now status  push and pull are pointed to myfork remote

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Another technique I just found for solving this  even if I deleted origin first  what appears to be a mistake  is manipulating git config directly   git config remote origin url url-to-my-other-remote

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Like docs say   When the command line does not specify where to push with the  lt repository gt  argument  branch   remote configuration for the current branch is consulted to determine where to push  If the configuration is missing  it defaults to origin

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