How do I rename a Git repository

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git mv renames a file or directory in a repository  How do I rename the Git repository itself

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With Github As Your Remote

Renaming the Remote Repo on Github

Regarding the remote repository, if you are using Github or Github Enterprise as the server location for saving/distributing your repository remotely, you can simply rename the repository directly in the repo settings.

From the main repo page, the settings tab is on the right, and the repo name is the first item on the page:

Github will redirect requests to the new URL

One very nice feature in Github when you rename a repo, is that Github will save the old repo name and all the related URLs and redirect traffic to the new URLs. Since your username/org and repo name are a part of the URL, a rename will change the URL.

Since Github saves the old repo name and redirects requests to the new URLs, if anyone uses links based on the old repo name when trying to access issues, wiki, stars, or followers they will still arrive at the new location on the Github website. Github also redirects lower level Git commands like git clone, git fetch, etc.

More information is in the Github Help for Renaming a Repo

Renaming the Local Repo Name

As others have mentioned, the local "name" of your repo is typically considered to be the root folder/directory name, and you can change that, move, or copy the folder to any location and it will not affect the repo at all.

Git is designed to only worry about files inside the root folder.

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For Amazon AWS codecommit users   aws codecommit update-repository-name --old-name MyDemoRepo --new-name MyRenamedDemoRepo   Reference  here

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The main name change is here  img 1   but also change readme md  img 2

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Git itself has no provision to specify the repository name  The root directory s name is the single source of truth pertaining to the repository name   The  git description though is used only by some applications  like GitWeb

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If you meant renaming your repository  go to your repository and click  admin   then rename   Once you see the red box warning you about some sky-fallingness and other things  go read this question

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If you are using GitLab or GitHub  then you can modify those files graphically   Using GitLab  Go to your project Settings  There you can modify the name of the project and most importantly you can rename your repository  that s when you start getting in the danger section    Once this is done  local clients configurations must be updated using  git remote set-url origin sshuser gitlab-url GROUP new-project-name git

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Have you try changing your project name in package json and execute command git init to reinitialize the existing Git  instead   Your existing Git history will still exist

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If you are in Eclipse and have installed Egit then you can rename the repository that contains a project by doing the following   1  In Eclipse  Close all projects that are in the repository   2  In the file system  Locate the directory folder that contains the repository   3  In the file system  Rename the directory folder that contains the repository   4  In the file system  Open the directory folder that contains the repository and rename the project directory folder of any project you intend to rename so that it will match the new name of the project    This is not required but it gives consistency between the project name in Eclipse and the project directory folder in the repository    5  In Eclipse  Delete all projects that are in the repository but be sure to NOT check the  Delete the contents from the file system  checkbox    The project should no longer contain the correct location of the contents of the file system so the data could not be deleted in any case but it is better to be safe than sorry    6  In Eclipse  From the Menu select the File Import    option   7  In Eclipse  In dialog box open the  Git  folder  select  Projects from Git  and click  Next    8  In Eclipse  In dialog box select  Local  and click  Next    9  In Eclipse  In dialog box click the  Add     button   10  In Eclipse  In dialog box make sure the check box next to the repository is checked and click  Finish    11  In Eclipse  In dialog box select the repository and click  Next    12  In Eclipse  In dialog box select the  Import existing projects  radio button  select the  Working Directory  and click  Next    13  In Eclipse  In dialog box check the check box next to the projects you want to work on and click  Finish    14  In Eclipse  Rename any the projects that are in the repository if so desired   For consistency between Eclipse and the file system give them the same name as the project directory folder inside the repository directory folder

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There are various possible interpretations of what is meant by renaming a Git repository  the displayed name  the repository directory  or the remote repository name  Each requires different steps to rename   Displayed Name  Rename the displayed name  for example  shown by gitweb     Edit  git description to contain the repository s name  Save the file    Repository Directory  Git does not reference the name of the directory containing the repository  as used by git clone master child  so we can simply rename it    Open a command prompt  or file manager window   Change to the directory that contains the repository directory  i e   do not go into the repository directory itself   Rename  the directory  for example  using mv from the command line or the F2 hotkey from a GUI     Remote Repository  Rename a remote repository as follows    Go to the remote host  for example  https   github com User project   Follow the host s instructions to rename the project  will differ from host to host  but usually Settings is a good starting point   Go to your local repository directory  i e   open a command prompt and change to the repository s directory   Determine the new URL  for example  git github com User project-new git  Set the new URL using Git   git remote set-url origin git github com User project-new git

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This worked for me on Windows 10  via the command line   git checkout  lt oldname gt  git branch -m  lt newname gt    From How To Rename a Local and Remote Git Branch  This was a local-only repository  not on any remotes

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Go to the remote host  e g   https   github com  lt User gt   lt Project gt      Click tab Settings  Rename under Repository name  and press button Rename

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In a new repository  for instance  after a   git init  the  git directory will contain the file  git description   Which looks like this   Unnamed repository  edit this file  description  to name the repository   Editing this on the local repository will not change it on the remote

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Open git repository on browser  got to  Setttings   you can see rename button   Input new  Repository Name  and click  Rename  button

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On the server side  just rename the repository with the mv command as usual   mv oldName git newName git  Then on the client side  change the value of the  remote  origin   URL into the new one   url example com newName git    It worked for me

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Rename PRJ0 git to PROJ1 git  then edit the URL variable located in the  git config file of your project

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To rename any repository of your GitHub account    Go to that particular repository which you want to rename Navigate to the settings tab There  in the repository name section  type the new name you want to put and click Rename

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A Git repository doesn t have a name  You can just rename the directory containing your worktree if you want

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This is an extremely simple solution  though some may consider it  quot inelegant quot  or a  quot hack quot   and it belies my git inexpertise   Verify that your local repo has everything committed and pushed  to remote origin   Go to the website of the remote host  for example  https   github com User project-original-name   Follow the host s instructions to rename the repo  will differ from host to host  but usually Settings is a good starting point     For the purposes of this guide  suppose you renamed your repo to  quot project-new-name quot   Locally remove your whole repo  e g   rm -r project-original-name   Do a  quot fresh checkout quot   git clone https   github com User project-new-name  NOTE  If another user of the repo doesn t follow these instructions  and just does a pull in the future  I have no idea what effect this will have

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To be simple  just remove that Eclipse Project  not choose content on disk   then re-import the project again    Eclipse will identify the project connected to Git and put it in Git perspective view   It works like a charm

[git] How do I rename a Git repository?

With Github As Your Remote

Renaming the Remote Repo on Github

Github will redirect requests to the new URL

Renaming the Local Repo Name

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