What does git push origin HEAD mean?

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I found, in the official guide:

> git push origin HEAD > > A handy way to push the current branch to the > same name on the remote.

However, the meaning of the command is not clear to me. Why does it have this effect?

I haven't been able to find an answer (this question seems to treat the problem, but the title is misleading).

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Solution 1 - Git

HEAD points to the top of the current branch. git can obtain the branch name from that. So it's the same as:

git push origin CURRENT_BRANCH_NAME

but you don't have to remember/type the current branch name. Also it prevents you from pushing to the wrong remote branch by accident.

If you want to push a different branch than the current one the command will not work.

Solution 2 - Git

If you want to push into the specific remote branch you can run:

git push origin HEAD:<name-of-remote-branch>

This is what I encounter when I was trying to push my repo back to the remote branch.

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