rogerdudler/git-guide — Issue #28: "git push origin master" does not what the guide says it does
Author: mbra
Created: 2012-02-07 07:00:04+00:00
State: open

"git push origin master" does not push the current branch to the "master" branch in the "origin" remote.
It pushes the local branch of the specified name to either a remote branch of the same name, or an alternate name if it is specified with the : form of the parameter.