diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 7d545c427b8d9a578ea5fd50b775c29ee37ebaf1..6922820b37d12d21231a4808659bcc9e410f4c4d 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -1456,8 +1456,12 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		const remoteName = HEAD.remote || HEAD.upstream.remote;
+		const remote = repository.remotes.find(r => r.name === remoteName);
+		const isReadonly = remote && remote.isReadOnly;
+
 		const config = workspace.getConfiguration('git');
-		const shouldPrompt = config.get<boolean>('confirmSync') === true;
+		const shouldPrompt = !isReadonly && config.get<boolean>('confirmSync') === true;
 
 		if (shouldPrompt) {
 			const message = localize('sync is unpredictable', "This action will push and pull commits to and from '{0}/{1}'.", HEAD.upstream.remote, HEAD.upstream.name);
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 1b6c6c3721083491612e80f8e725efdc4f1305e1..71a8cbc901401be952c9b4425ea6553797e12e08 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export interface Remote {
 	name: string;
 	fetchUrl?: string;
 	pushUrl?: string;
-	canPush: boolean;
+	isReadOnly: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface Stash {
@@ -1228,34 +1228,31 @@ export class Repository {
 
 	async getRemotes(): Promise<Remote[]> {
 		const result = await this.run(['remote', '--verbose']);
-		const remotes: Remote[] = [];
 		const lines = result.stdout.trim().split('\n').filter(l => !!l);
+		const remotes: Remote[] = [];
+
 		for (const line of lines) {
 			const parts = line.split(/\s/);
-			let remote = remotes.find(r => r.name === parts[0]);
+			const [name, url, type] = parts;
+
+			let remote = remotes.find(r => r.name === name);
+
 			if (!remote) {
-				remote = { name: parts[0], canPush: true };
+				remote = { name, isReadOnly: false };
 				remotes.push(remote);
 			}
 
-			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;
-				}
+			if (/fetch/i.test(type)) {
+				remote.fetchUrl = url;
+			} else if (/push/i.test(type)) {
+				remote.pushUrl = url;
+			} else {
+				remote.fetchUrl = url;
+				remote.pushUrl = url;
 			}
 
 			// https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/45271
-			remote.canPush = remote.pushUrl !== undefined && remote.pushUrl !== 'no_push';
+			remote.isReadOnly = remote.pushUrl === undefined || remote.pushUrl === 'no_push';
 		}
 
 		return remotes;
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 6ce0792acd1cfae6ef51538326475eb049bad78f..6df487e1f4bf602ee7fd1ea05f06d8f187c0b72f 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -803,7 +803,12 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 			await this.repository.pull(rebase, remoteName, pullBranch);
 
 			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 (remote && remote.isReadOnly) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			const shouldPush = this.HEAD && (typeof this.HEAD.ahead === 'number' ? this.HEAD.ahead > 0 : true);
 
 			if (shouldPush) {
 				await this.repository.push(remoteName, pushBranch);
@@ -1154,7 +1159,7 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 		const remoteName = this.HEAD && this.HEAD.remote || this.HEAD.upstream.remote;
 		const remote = this.remotes.find(r => r.name === remoteName);
 
-		if (remote && !remote.canPush) {
+		if (remote && remote.isReadOnly) {
 			return `${this.HEAD.behind}↓`;
 		}