Re: [PATCH v2] git-clone: Add option --branch to override initial branch

Tor Arne Vestbø [off-list ref] writes:

In that case you would either have to ff master all the time
(requiring a checkout or rebase magic), or do an explicit "git push
origin 1.6".

or do something like:

$ cat >>.git/config <<\EOF
[remote "there"]
    push = HEAD
EOF

just once.