check if user has configured to push to current by default

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 94234cab3..f7e004108 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ type GitCommand struct {
 	DotGitDir            string
 	onSuccessfulContinue func() error
 	PatchManager         *PatchManager
+
+	// Push to current determines whether the user has configured to push to the remote branch of the same name as the current or not
+	PushToCurrent bool
 }
 
 // NewGitCommand it runs git commands
@@ -92,6 +95,15 @@ func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer,
 	var worktree *gogit.Worktree
 	var repo *gogit.Repository
 
+	// see what our default push behaviour is
+	output, err := osCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git config --get push.default")
+	pushToCurrent := false
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("error reading git config: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		pushToCurrent = strings.TrimSpace(output) == "current"
+	}
+
 	fs := []func() error{
 		func() error {
 			return verifyInGitRepo(osCommand.RunCommand)
@@ -128,6 +140,7 @@ func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer,
 		getLocalGitConfig:  gitconfig.Local,
 		removeFile:         os.RemoveAll,
 		DotGitDir:          dotGitDir,
+		PushToCurrent:      pushToCurrent,
 	}
 
 	gitCommand.PatchManager = NewPatchManager(log, gitCommand.ApplyPatch)
diff --git a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
index 36665fe3c..2500fdf97 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
@@ -497,9 +497,13 @@ func (gui *Gui) pushFiles(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		return gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, gui.Tr.SLocalize("EnterUpstream"), "origin "+currentBranch.Name, func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-			return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, gui.trimmedContent(v), "")
-		})
+		if gui.GitCommand.PushToCurrent {
+			return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, "", "--set-upstream")
+		} else {
+			return gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, gui.Tr.SLocalize("EnterUpstream"), "origin "+currentBranch.Name, func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+				return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, gui.trimmedContent(v), "")
+			})
+		}
 	} else if currentBranch.Pullables == "0" {
 		return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, "", "")
 	}