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[15:50:03 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> the only reason you would want to do the "git push origin yourbranch" is to have a shared location for the branch
[15:50:11 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> like if another dev on your team wanted to work on that same branch
[15:50:14 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> or you wanted a backup
[15:50:24 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> if you're happy just working on your local repository
[15:50:31 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> you don't need origin at all