You have cloned a repository and checked out a new local branch called hotfix/auth-timeout. After committing the fix, you want to publish the branch so that a branch with the same name is created on the default remote originand your local branch is configured to track that remote branch automatically, eliminating the need to specify the remote or branch in future git push or git pull commands. Which single command achieves this goal?
The -u (or --set-upstream) option tells Git to create the remote branch (if it does not already exist) and record it as the upstream branch for the current local branch. Once this relationship is established, subsequent git push and git pull commands can be issued without additional arguments because Git knows which remote branch the local branch is tracking. Using git push origin hotfix/auth-timeout would push the branch but, unless particular configuration such as push.autoSetupRemote is enabled, it does not set the upstream relationship. Reversing the order of the remote and branch names (git push -u hotfix/auth-timeout origin) is invalid because Git interprets the first word after -u as the remote name. Adding --force-with-lease pushes forcibly and still omits the upstream setting, making it both unnecessary and potentially dangerous for this routine publication task.
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