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Set auto remote to true for Git CLI

What

On a new computer of first time using git, if you want to push to another branch other than main, you need to specify that branch with --set-upstream

An example of this error is

$ git commit blake2.cpp -m "Add workaround for missing _mm_set_epi64x"
[solaris 7ad22ff] Add workaround for missing _mm_set_epi64x
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
$ git push
fatal: The current branch solaris has no upstream branch.
To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream, use

    git push --set-upstream origin solaris

Solution

This enables it for your global git config

git config --global --type bool push.autoSetupRemote true
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