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@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ <h2>add &amp; commit</h2>
         <h2>pushing changes</h2>
         <p>
             Your changes are now in the <b>HEAD</b> of your local working copy. To send those changes to your remote repository, execute <br />
-            <code>git push origin master</code><br />
+            <code>git push -u origin master</code><br />
             Change <i>master</i> to whatever branch you want to push your changes to.
             <br /><br />
             If you have not cloned an existing repository and want to connect your repository to a remote server, you need to add it with<br />
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ <h2>branching</h2>
             and delete the branch again<br />
             <code>git branch -d feature_x</code><br />
             a branch is <i>not available to others</i> unless you push the branch to your remote repository<br />
-            <code>git push origin &lt;branch&gt;</code>
+            <code>git push -u origin &lt;branch&gt;</code>
         </p>
     </div>
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