doc: clarify push.default=simple behavior

The documentation for the 'simple' push mode currently singles out
the centralized workflow, which can cause confusion about its
behavior in other scenarios, such as triangular workflows.

Clarify that 'simple' always pushes the current branch to a branch
of the same name, but only enforces the strict upstream tracking
requirement when pushing back to the same remote being pulled from.

Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ivan Baluta <ivanbaluta.dev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/config/push.adoc b/Documentation/config/push.adoc
index d9112b22609b510fd184e2819d8927e0bf950b98..28132eedfee6c041f002c2ccc32b532173a210d2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config/push.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/push.adoc
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ this is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
 `simple`;;
 push the current branch with the same name on the remote.
 +
-If you are working on a centralized workflow (pushing to the same repository you
-pull from, which is typically `origin`), then you need to configure an upstream
-branch with the same name.
+This mode requires that the remote repository to be pushed to is
+known.  When pushing back to the same remote you pull from, the
+current branch must also have an upstream tracking branch with the
+same name.
 +
 This mode is the default since Git 2.0, and is the safest option suited for
 beginners.