diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 3d8608f3549..7d545c427b8 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const remotePicks = remotes.map(r => ({ label: r.name, description: r.url }));
+		const remotePicks = remotes.filter(r => r.fetchUrl !== undefined).map(r => ({ label: r.name, description: r.fetchUrl! }));
 		const placeHolder = localize('pick remote pull repo', "Pick a remote to pull the branch from");
 		const remotePick = await window.showQuickPick(remotePicks, { placeHolder });
 
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 		}
 
 		const branchName = repository.HEAD.name;
-		const picks = remotes.map(r => ({ label: r.name, description: r.url }));
+		const picks = remotes.filter(r => r.pushUrl !== undefined).map(r => ({ label: r.name, description: r.pushUrl! }));
 		const placeHolder = localize('pick remote', "Pick a remote to publish the branch '{0}' to:", branchName);
 		const pick = await window.showQuickPick(picks, { placeHolder });
 
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index a04aba93531..1b6c6c37210 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import * as which from 'which';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import iconv = require('iconv-lite');
 import * as filetype from 'file-type';
-import { assign, uniqBy, groupBy, denodeify, IDisposable, toDisposable, dispose, mkdirp, readBytes, detectUnicodeEncoding, Encoding, onceEvent } from './util';
+import { assign, groupBy, denodeify, IDisposable, toDisposable, dispose, mkdirp, readBytes, detectUnicodeEncoding, Encoding, onceEvent } from './util';
 import { CancellationToken } from 'vscode';
 import { detectEncoding } from './encoding';
 
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ export interface IFileStatus {
 
 export interface Remote {
 	name: string;
-	url: string;
+	fetchUrl?: string;
+	pushUrl?: string;
+	canPush: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface Stash {
@@ -1226,14 +1228,37 @@ export class Repository {
 
 	async getRemotes(): Promise<Remote[]> {
 		const result = await this.run(['remote', '--verbose']);
-		const regex = /^([^\s]+)\s+([^\s]+)\s/;
-		const rawRemotes = result.stdout.trim().split('\n')
-			.filter(b => !!b)
-			.map(line => regex.exec(line) as RegExpExecArray)
-			.filter(g => !!g)
-			.map((groups: RegExpExecArray) => ({ name: groups[1], url: groups[2] }));
+		const remotes: Remote[] = [];
+		const lines = result.stdout.trim().split('\n').filter(l => !!l);
+		for (const line of lines) {
+			const parts = line.split(/\s/);
+			let remote = remotes.find(r => r.name === parts[0]);
+			if (!remote) {
+				remote = { name: parts[0], canPush: true };
+				remotes.push(remote);
+			}
 
-		return uniqBy(rawRemotes, remote => remote.name);
+			switch (parts[2]) {
+				case '(fetch)': {
+					remote.fetchUrl = parts[1];
+					break;
+				}
+				case '(push)': {
+					remote.pushUrl = parts[1];
+					break;
+				}
+				default: {
+					remote.fetchUrl = parts[1];
+					remote.pushUrl = parts[1];
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			// https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/45271
+			remote.canPush = remote.pushUrl !== undefined && remote.pushUrl !== 'no_push';
+		}
+
+		return remotes;
 	}
 
 	async getBranch(name: string): Promise<Branch> {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index cca9f563060..6ce0792acd1 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -789,23 +789,24 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 	}
 
 	private async _sync(head: Branch, rebase: boolean): Promise<void> {
-		let remote: string | undefined;
+		let remoteName: string | undefined;
 		let pullBranch: string | undefined;
 		let pushBranch: string | undefined;
 
 		if (head.name && head.upstream) {
-			remote = head.upstream.remote;
+			remoteName = head.upstream.remote;
 			pullBranch = `${head.upstream.name}`;
 			pushBranch = `${head.name}:${head.upstream.name}`;
 		}
 
 		await this.run(Operation.Sync, async () => {
-			await this.repository.pull(rebase, remote, pullBranch);
+			await this.repository.pull(rebase, remoteName, pullBranch);
 
-			const shouldPush = this.HEAD && typeof this.HEAD.ahead === 'number' ? this.HEAD.ahead > 0 : true;
+			const remote = this.remotes.find(r => r.name === remoteName);
+			const shouldPush = this.HEAD && (typeof this.HEAD.ahead === 'number' ? this.HEAD.ahead > 0 : true) && (!remote || remote.canPush);
 
 			if (shouldPush) {
-				await this.repository.push(remote, pushBranch);
+				await this.repository.push(remoteName, pushBranch);
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -1150,6 +1151,13 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 			return '';
 		}
 
+		const remoteName = this.HEAD && this.HEAD.remote || this.HEAD.upstream.remote;
+		const remote = this.remotes.find(r => r.name === remoteName);
+
+		if (remote && !remote.canPush) {
+			return `${this.HEAD.behind}↓`;
+		}
+
 		return `${this.HEAD.behind}↓ ${this.HEAD.ahead}↑`;
 	}