I have a repo (origin) on a USB key that I cloned on my hard drive (local). I moved "origin" to a NAS and successfully tested cloning it from here.
I would like to know if I can change the URI of "origin" in the settings of "local" so it will now pull from the NAS, and not from the USB key.
For now, I can see two solutions:
push everything to the usb-orign, and copy it to the NAS again (implies a lot of work due to new commits to nas-origin);
add a new remote to "local" and delete the old one (I fear I'll break my history).
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git
url
git-remote
You can change the url by editing the config file. Go to your project root:
nano .git/config
Then edit the url field and set your new url. Save the changes. You can verify the changes by using the command.
git remote -v
if you cloned your local will automatically consist,
remote URL where it gets cloned.
you can check it using git remote -v
if you want to made change in it,
git remote set-url origin https://github.io/my_repo.git
here,
origin - your branch
if you want to overwrite existing branch you can still use it.. it will override your existing ... it will do,
git remote remove url
and
git remote add origin url
for you...
Troubleshooting :
You may encounter these errors when trying to changing a remote. No such remote '[name]'
This error means that the remote you tried to change doesn't exist:
git remote set-url sofake https://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife fatal: No such remote 'sofake'
Check that you've correctly typed the remote name.
Reference : https://help.github.com/articles/changing-a-remote-s-url/
check your privilege
in my case i need to check my username
i have two or three repository with seperate credentials.
problem is my permission i have two private git server and repositories
this second account is admin of that new repo and first one is my default user account and i should grant permission to first
git remote -v
# View existing remotes
# origin https://github.com/user/repo.git (fetch)
# origin https://github.com/user/repo.git (push)
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/user/repo2.git
# Change the 'origin' remote's URL
git remote -v
# Verify new remote URL
# origin https://github.com/user/repo2.git (fetch)
# origin https://github.com/user/repo2.git (push)
In the Git Bash, enter the command:
git remote set-url origin https://NewRepoLink.git
Enter the Credentials
Done
To check git remote connection:
git remote -v
Now, set the local repository to remote git:
git remote set-url origin https://NewRepoLink.git
Now to make it upstream or push use following code:
git push --set-upstream origin master -f
As seen here,
$ git remote rm origin
$ git remote add origin [email protected]:aplikacjainfo/proj1.git
$ git config master.remote origin
$ git config master.merge refs/heads/master
To change the remote upstream:
git remote set-url origin <url>
To add more upstreams:
git remote add newplace <url>
So you can choose where to work
git push origin <branch>
or git push newplace <branch>
Change remote git URI to
[email protected]
rather thanhttps://github.com
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:<username>/<repo>.git
Example:
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:Chetabahana/my_repo_name.git
The benefit is that you may do git push
automatically when you use ssh-agent :
#!/bin/bash
# Check ssh connection
ssh-add -l &>/dev/null
[[ "$?" == 2 ]] && eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add -l &>/dev/null
[[ "$?" == 1 ]] && expect $HOME/.ssh/agent
# Send git commands to push
git add . && git commit -m "your commit" && git push -u origin master
Put a script file $HOME/.ssh/agent
to let it runs ssh-add
using expect as below:
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
set HOME $env(HOME)
spawn ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
expect "Enter passphrase for $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa:"
send "<my_passphrase>\n";
expect "Identity added: $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa ($HOME/.ssh/id_rsa)"
interact
You have a lot of ways to do that:
Console
git remote set-url origin [Here new url]
Just be sure that you've opened it in a place where a repository is.
Config
It is placed in .git/config (same folder as repository)
[core]
repositoryformatversion = 0
filemode = false
bare = false
logallrefupdates = true
symlinks = false
ignorecase = true
[remote "origin"]
url = [Here new url] <------------------------------------
...
TortoiseGit
Then just edit URL.
SourceTree
Click on the "Settings" button on the toolbar to open the Repository Settings window.
Click "Add" to add a remote repository path to the repository. A "Remote details" window will open.
Enter a name for the remote path.
Enter the URL/Path for the remote repository
Enter the username for the hosting service for the remote repository.
Click 'OK' to add the remote path.
Back on the Repository Settings window, click 'OK'. The new remote path should be added on the repository now.
If you need to edit an already added remote path, just click the 'Edit' button. You should be directed to the "Remote details" window where you can edit the details (URL/Path/Host Type) of the remote path.
To remove a remote repository path, click the 'Remove' button
ref. Support
I worked:
git remote set-url origin <project>
Navigate to the project root of the local repository and check for existing remotes:
git remote -v
If your repository is using SSH you will see something like:
> origin [email protected]:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> origin [email protected]:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push)
And if your repository is using HTTPS you will see something like:
> origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push)
Changing the URL is done with git remote set-url
. Depending on the output of git remote -v
, you can change the URL in the following manner:
In case of SSH, you can change the URL from REPOSITORY.git
to NEW_REPOSITORY.git
like:
$ git remote set-url origin [email protected]:USERNAME/NEW_REPOSITORY.git
And in case of HTTPS, you can change the URL from REPOSITORY.git
to NEW_REPOSITORY.git
like:
$ git remote set-url origin https://github.com/USERNAME/NEW_REPOSITORY.git
NOTE: If you've changed your GitHub username, you can follow the same process as above to update the change in the username associated with your repository. You would only have to update the USERNAME
in the git remote set-url
command.
Write the below command from your repo terminal:
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:<username>/<repo>.git
Refer this link for more details about changing the url in the remote.
Change Host for a Git Origin Server
from: http://pseudofish.com/blog/2010/06/28/change-host-for-a-git-origin-server/
Hopefully this isn’t something you need to do. The server that I’ve been using to collaborate on a few git projects with had the domain name expire. This meant finding a way of migrating the local repositories to get back in sync.
Update: Thanks to @mawolf for pointing out there is an easy way with recent git versions (post Feb, 2010):
git remote set-url origin ssh://newhost.com/usr/local/gitroot/myproject.git
See the man page for details.
If you’re on an older version, then try this:
As a caveat, this works only as it is the same server, just with different names.
Assuming that the new hostname is newhost.com
, and the old one was oldhost.com
, the change is quite simple.
Edit the .git/config
file in your working directory. You should see something like:
[remote "origin"]
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
url = ssh://oldhost.com/usr/local/gitroot/myproject.git
Change oldhost.com
to newhost.com
, save the file and you’re done.
From my limited testing (git pull origin; git push origin; gitx
) everything seems in order. And yes, I know it is bad form to mess with git internals.
An alternative approach is to rename the 'old' origin (in the example below I name it simply old-origin
) and adding a new one. This might be the desired approach if you still want to be able to push to the old origin every now and then:
git remote rename origin old-origin
git remote add origin [email protected]>:<username>/<projectname>.git
And in case you need to push your local state to the new origin:
git push -u origin --all
git push -u origin --tags
Open Terminal.
Ist Step:- Change the current working directory to your local project.
2nd Step:- List your existing remotes in order to get the name of the remote you want to change.
git remote -v
origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push)
Change your remote's URL from HTTPS to SSH with the git remote set-url command.
3rd Step:- git remote set-url origin [email protected]:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git
4th Step:- Now Verify that the remote URL has changed.
git remote -v
Verify new remote URL
origin [email protected]:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
origin [email protected]:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git (push)
git remote set-url {name} {url}
ex) git remote set-url origin https://github.com/myName/GitTest.git
git remote set-url origin git://new.location
(alternatively, open .git/config
, look for [remote "origin"]
, and edit the url =
line.
You can check it worked by examining the remotes:
git remote -v
# origin git://new.location (fetch)
# origin git://new.location (push)
Next time you push, you'll have to specify the new upstream branch, e.g.:
git push -u origin master
See also: GitHub: Changing a remote's URL
If you're using TortoiseGit then follow the below steps:
TortoiseGit -> Settings
Git -> Remote
origin
URL
text box value to where ever your new remote repository isYour branch and all your local commits will remain intact and you can keep working as you were before.
Removing a remote
Use the git remote rm command to remove a remote URL from your repository.
$ git remote -v
# View current remotes
> origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (push)
> destination https://github.com/FORKER/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> destination https://github.com/FORKER/REPOSITORY.git (push)
$ git remote rm destination
# Remove remote
$ git remote -v
# Verify it's gone
> origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
> origin https://github.com/OWNER/REPOSITORY.git (push)
If your repository is private then
Source: Stackoverflow.com