Where can I find the name to add when creating a remote repo(github)

I learn git with Vcode and dont understand how to enable to "push" to GitHub

I created a new empty repo in GitHub like

and in Vcode I select "push" and it ask if want to set up a new remote and I select yes and chose GitHub. A list drops down with all my GitHub projects and I select the testRepo.git.

It then ask my for a "remote name". I read in the docs that the name defaults to "origin"(the location you cloned from) but origin is my code locally and if I write the name "origin" (the only name that works), VCode then ask me to

At this point I press Cancel and ask this question!

Solution

By default there will not be any remote branch on a newly created repo. When you clone an empty repository, it generally automatically creates a master branch that tracks origin/master (locally). So when you do an initial push it asks you to setup a remote branch to track your local branch which is master in this case.

You can go ahead publish the changes, it is going to create a branch named master in the remote repository