diff --git a/git/client.go b/git/client.go
index 658fb40cd..fc386d76f 100644
--- a/git/client.go
+++ b/git/client.go
@@ -612,13 +612,8 @@ func (c *Client) Pull(ctx context.Context, remote, branch string, mods ...Comman
 }
 
 func (c *Client) Push(ctx context.Context, remote string, ref string, mods ...CommandModifier) error {
-	host, err := c.CredentialPatternFromRemote(ctx, remote)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	args := []string{"push", "--set-upstream", remote, ref}
-	cmd, err := c.AuthenticatedCommand(ctx, host, args...)
+	cmd, err := c.AuthenticatedCommand(ctx, InsecureAllMatchingCredentialsPattern, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/git/client_test.go b/git/client_test.go
index d48a6af08..d680c2f00 100644
--- a/git/client_test.go
+++ b/git/client_test.go
@@ -1082,13 +1082,13 @@ func TestClientUnsetRemoteResolution(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "unset remote resolution",
 			wantCmdArgs: `path/to/git config --unset remote.origin.gh-resolved`,
 		},
-		// {
-		// 	name:          "git error",
-		// 	cmdExitStatus: 1,
-		// 	cmdStderr:     "git error message",
-		// 	wantCmdArgs:   `path/to/git config --unset remote.origin.gh-resolved`,
-		// 	wantErrorMsg:  "failed to run git: git error message",
-		// },
+		{
+			name:          "git error",
+			cmdExitStatus: 1,
+			cmdStderr:     "git error message",
+			wantCmdArgs:   `path/to/git config --unset remote.origin.gh-resolved`,
+			wantErrorMsg:  "failed to run git: git error message",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1285,11 +1285,7 @@ func TestClientPush(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "push",
 			commands: map[args]commandResult{
-				`path/to/git remote get-url origin`: {
-					ExitStatus: 0,
-					Stdout:     "https://github.com/cli/nonexistent.git",
-				},
-				`path/to/git -c credential.https://github.com.helper= -c credential.https://github.com.helper=!"gh" auth git-credential push --set-upstream origin trunk`: {
+				`path/to/git -c credential.helper= -c credential.helper=!"gh" auth git-credential push --set-upstream origin trunk`: {
 					ExitStatus: 0,
 				},
 			},
@@ -1298,38 +1294,20 @@ func TestClientPush(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "accepts command modifiers",
 			mods: []CommandModifier{WithRepoDir("/path/to/repo")},
 			commands: map[args]commandResult{
-				`path/to/git remote get-url origin`: {
-					ExitStatus: 0,
-					Stdout:     "https://github.com/cli/nonexistent.git",
-				},
-				`path/to/git -C /path/to/repo -c credential.https://github.com.helper= -c credential.https://github.com.helper=!"gh" auth git-credential push --set-upstream origin trunk`: {
+				`path/to/git -C /path/to/repo -c credential.helper= -c credential.helper=!"gh" auth git-credential push --set-upstream origin trunk`: {
 					ExitStatus: 0,
 				},
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "git error on get-url",
+			name: "git error on push",
 			commands: map[args]commandResult{
-				`path/to/git remote get-url origin`: {
-					ExitStatus: 1,
-					Stderr:     "get-url error message",
-				},
-			},
-			wantErrorMsg: "failed to run git: get-url error message",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "git error on fetch",
-			commands: map[args]commandResult{
-				`path/to/git remote get-url origin`: {
-					ExitStatus: 0,
-					Stdout:     "https://github.com/cli/nonexistent.git",
-				},
-				`path/to/git -c credential.https://github.com.helper= -c credential.https://github.com.helper=!"gh" auth git-credential push --set-upstream origin trunk`: {
+				`path/to/git -c credential.helper= -c credential.helper=!"gh" auth git-credential push --set-upstream origin trunk`: {
 					ExitStatus: 1,
 					Stderr:     "push error message",
 				},
 			},
-			wantErrorMsg: "failed to run git: fetch error message",
+			wantErrorMsg: "failed to run git: push error message",
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/git/command.go b/git/command.go
index 70a156912..8065ffd86 100644
--- a/git/command.go
+++ b/git/command.go
@@ -98,9 +98,3 @@ func WithRepoDir(repoDir string) CommandModifier {
 		gc.setRepoDir(repoDir)
 	}
 }
-
-func WithExtraArgs(args ...string) CommandModifier {
-	return func(gc *Command) {
-		gc.Args = append(gc.Args, args...)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
index 7a2ccb7e6..d31174999 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/create/create_test.go
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			cmdStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
 				cs.Register(`git config --get-regexp.+branch\\\.feature\\\.`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git show-ref --verify -- HEAD refs/remotes/origin/feature`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git")
 				cs.Register(`git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:refs/heads/feature`, 0, "")
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.PrompterMock) {
@@ -693,7 +692,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			cmdStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
 				cs.Register(`git config --get-regexp.+branch\\\.feature\\\.`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git show-ref --verify -- HEAD refs/remotes/origin/feature`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git")
 				cs.Register(`git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:refs/heads/feature`, 0, "")
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.PrompterMock) {
@@ -741,7 +739,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			cmdStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
 				cs.Register(`git config --get-regexp.+branch\\\.feature\\\.`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git show-ref --verify -- HEAD refs/remotes/origin/feature`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git")
 				cs.Register(`git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:refs/heads/feature`, 0, "")
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.PrompterMock) {
@@ -794,7 +791,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git show-ref --verify -- HEAD refs/remotes/origin/feature`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register("git remote rename origin upstream", 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git remote add origin https://github.com/monalisa/REPO.git`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git")
 				cs.Register(`git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:refs/heads/feature`, 0, "")
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.PrompterMock) {
@@ -1073,7 +1069,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git config --get-regexp.+branch\\\.feature\\\.`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git show-ref --verify -- HEAD refs/remotes/origin/feature`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git( .+)? log( .+)? origin/master\.\.\.feature`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git")
 				cs.Register(`git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:refs/heads/feature`, 0, "")
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.PrompterMock) {
@@ -1107,7 +1102,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git config --get-regexp.+branch\\\.feature\\\.`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git show-ref --verify -- HEAD refs/remotes/origin/feature`, 0, "")
 				cs.Register(`git( .+)? log( .+)? origin/master\.\.\.feature`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git")
 				cs.Register(`git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:refs/heads/feature`, 0, "")
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.PrompterMock) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
index 29cf453c7..c732a3759 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go
@@ -676,12 +676,7 @@ func createFromLocal(opts *CreateOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	if opts.Push && repoType == bare {
-		// WM-TODO: can we collapse this into opts.GitClient.Push?
-		credentialPattern, err := opts.GitClient.CredentialPatternFromRemote(context.Background(), baseRemote)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		cmd, err := opts.GitClient.AuthenticatedCommand(context.Background(), credentialPattern, "push", baseRemote, "--mirror")
+		cmd, err := opts.GitClient.AuthenticatedCommand(context.Background(), git.InsecureAllMatchingCredentialsPattern, "push", baseRemote, "--mirror")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
index 501e721fc..c33cfdad6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse --git-dir`, 0, ".")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse HEAD`, 0, "commithash")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . remote add origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPO`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git -C . remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . push origin --mirror`, 0, "")
 			},
 			wantStdout: "✓ Created repository OWNER/REPO on GitHub\n  https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n✓ Added remote https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git\n✓ Mirrored all refs to https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git\n",
@@ -576,7 +575,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse --git-dir`, 0, ".git")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse HEAD`, 0, "commithash")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . remote add origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPO`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git -C . remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . push --set-upstream origin HEAD`, 0, "")
 			},
 			wantStdout: "✓ Created repository OWNER/REPO on GitHub\n  https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n✓ Added remote https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git\n✓ Pushed commits to https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git\n",
@@ -797,7 +795,6 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse --git-dir`, 0, ".")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . rev-parse HEAD`, 0, "commithash")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . remote add origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPO`, 0, "")
-				cs.Register(`git -C . remote get-url origin`, 0, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO")
 				cs.Register(`git -C . push origin --mirror`, 0, "")
 			},
 			wantStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",