Eclipse git pushes all branches instead of the current

Question

I see this for egit Push to Upstream:

It says: "Insert the current branch ."

When I use it, all branches become pushed, not just current. Is there a way to configure it to push only the current branch?

Answer 1

Check git configuration for push policy:

git config push.default 

(same as " Eclipse > Window > Preferences > Team > Git > Configuration ")

It should be “simple” to be sure to only click on the current branch (upstream thread with the same name)

In Egit, check Team -> Remote -> Configure Push to Upstream
One click of one branch was not supported in 2011 , due to the old JGit Error .
Table How compatible is EGit with Git? " push.default is not mentioned. Here is the current implementation

• JGit PushCommand.java
• JGit PushCommand tests related to upstream refspec: if it is +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* , this explains why it pushes all branches.

I usually prefer to use the exact output of the current branch option (instead of pushing up)