Question:
I have my project on GitHub at some location, git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git.
Now I want to push all my code to a new repository at some other location, git@github.com:newname/newrep.git.
I used the command:
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git remote add origin git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git |
but I am receiving this:
fatal: remote origin already exists.
Answer:
You are getting this error because “origin” is not available. “origin” is a convention not part of the command. “origin” is the local name of the remote repository.
For example, you could also write:
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git remote add myorigin git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git git remote add testtest git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git |
To remove a remote repository you enter:
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git remote rm origin |
Again “origin” is the name of the remote repository if you want to remove the “upstream” remote:
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git remote rm upstream |