Several people have written patches to extend PUSH_REMOTE to be able to
push a branch other than master. For example,
https://github.com/joeyh/etckeeper/pull/26
It seems that these are not fully flexible either. Maybe someone wants to push 2 branches, or push different branches to different remotes.
I think that adding PUSH_REMOTE was a mistake. It would be better to
remove it, and add to the readme an example of writing your own
/etc/etckeeper/commit.d/99push script that does exactly the kind of
pushing you want. The only reason I've not done so is it would break
compatibility for anyone using this feature. --?Joey
Well, there was no point in it hardcoding master.
git push originwill push whatever branches you've configured git to push. So, made that change, which I think is sufficient. done --?Joey
Kind of a pain to constantly edit commit.d/99push to change the branch. An easy fix for a much needed feature. Please implement!