VScode will not auto push when I commit changes - github

Question

I can commit loads of changes, but nothing gets to github.
Its only when I manually click the PUSH function from the menu that it pushes to github.
How can I get it to do this automatically when I commit?
These are my VS GIT settings:
// Whether git is enabled
"git.enabled": true,
// Path to the git executable
"git.path": null,
// Whether auto refreshing is enabled
"git.autorefresh": true,
// Whether auto fetching is enabled
"git.autofetch": true,
// Confirm before synchronizing git repositories
"git.confirmSync": true,
// Controls the git badge counter. `all` counts all changes. `tracked` counts only the tracked changes. `off` turns it off.
"git.countBadge": "all",
// Controls what type of branches are listed when running `Checkout to...`. `all` shows all refs, `local` shows only the local branchs, `tags` shows only tags and `remote` shows only remote branches.
"git.checkoutType": "all",
// Ignores the legacy Git warning
"git.ignoreLegacyWarning": false,
// Ignores the warning when there are too many changes in a repository
"git.ignoreLimitWarning": false,
// The default location where to clone a git repository
"git.defaultCloneDirectory": null,
// Commit all changes when there are not staged changes.
"git.enableSmartCommit": false,

Answer 1

According to this issue on GitHub, this feature does not exist and is not planned to be added.
They suggest using Git hooks to achieve this behavior.
Something like this:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
branch_name=`git symbolic-ref --short HEAD`
retcode=$?
# Only push if branch_name was found (my be empty if in detached head state)
if [ $retcode = 0 ] ; then
#Only push if branch_name is master
if [[ $branch_name = "master" ]] ; then
echo
echo "**** Pushing current branch $branch_name to origin ****"
echo
git push origin $branch_name;
fi
fi
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