Remote origin already exists on git push to a new repository

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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   git remote add origin git github com myname oldrep git   but I am receiving this      fatal  remote origin already exists

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You can simply edit your configuration file in a text editor.

In the ~/.gitconfig you need to put in something like the following:

[user]
        name  = Uzumaki Naruto
        email = [email protected]

[github]
        user = myname
        token = ff44ff8da195fee471eed6543b53f1ff

In the oldrep/.git/config file (in the configuration file of your repository):

[remote "github"]
        url = [email protected]:myname/oldrep.git
        push  = +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
        push  = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*

If there is a remote section in your repository's configuration file, and the URL matches, you need only to add push configuration. If you use a public URL for fetching, you can put in the URL for pushing as 'pushurl' (warning: this requires the just-released Git version 1.6.4).

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I just faced this issue myself and I just removed it by removing the origin  the origin is removed by this command git remove rm origin  try implementing this command

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First  write this line of code for removed remote     git remote rm origin   and then write this line     git remote add origin https   github com khadim321 React-Form git   It s working properly

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I had the same issue but I found the solution to it  Basically  quot origin quot  is another name from where your project was cloned  Now the error fatal  remote origin already exists   LITERALLY means origin already exists  And hence to solve this issue  our goal should be to remove it  For this purpose  git remote rm origin  Now add it again git remote add origin https   github com   enter your username here     your repositoryname git    This did fix my issue

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This can also happen when you forget to make a first commit

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You could also change the repository name you wish to push to in the REPOHOME  git config file   where REPOHOME is the path to your local clone of the repository

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You need to check the origin and add if not exists   if   git config remote origin url  gt  dev null  then     git remote add origin git github com john doe git fi   Create file check sh  paste the script update your git repository URL and run   check sh

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If you have mistakenly named the local name as  origin   you may remove it with the following   git remote rm origin

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I got the same issue  and here is how I fixed it after doing some research    Download GitHub for Windows or use something similar  which includes a shell Open the Git Shell from task menu  This will open a power shell including Git commands  In the shell  switch to your old repository  e g  cd C  path to old repository Show status of the old repository   Type git remote -v to get the remote path for fetch and push remote  If your local repository is connected to a remote  it will show something like this   origin  https   user bitbucket org team-or-user-name myproject git  fetch  origin  https   user bitbucket org team-or-user-name myproject git  push  If it s not connected  it might show origin only   Now remove the remote repository from local repository by using  git remote rm origin  Check again with step 4  It should show origin only  instead of the fetch and push path  Now that your old remote repository is disconnected  you can add the new remote repository  Use the following to connect to your new repository    Note  In case you are using Bitbucket  you would create a project on Bitbucket first  After creation  Bitbucket will display all required Git commands to push your repository to remote  which look similar to the next code snippet  However  this works for other repositories  too   cd  path to my repo   If haven t done yet git remote add mynewrepo https   user bitbucket org team-or-user-name myproject git git push -u mynewrepo master   To push changes for the first time   That s it

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I had the same problem when I first set up using Bitbucket   My problem was that I needed to change the word origin for something self-defined  I used the name of the application  So   git remote add AppName https   someone bitbucket org somewhere something git

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METHOD1-   Since origin already exist remove it   git remote rm origin git remote add origin https   github com USERNAME REPOSITORY git   METHOD2-   One can also change existing remote repository URL by - git remote set-url  If you re updating to use HTTPS  git remote set-url origin https   github com USERNAME REPOSITORY git   If you re updating to use SSH  git remote set-url origin git github com USERNAME REPOSITORY git   If trying to update a remote that doesn t exist you will receive a error  So be careful of that   METHOD3-   Use the git remote rename command to rename an existing remote  An existing remote name  for example  origin   git remote rename origin startpoint   Change remote name from  origin  to  startpoint    To verify remote s new name-   git remote -v   If new to Git try this tutorial-   TRY GIT TUTORIAL

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Step 1  git remote rm origin   Step 2  git remote add origin enter your repository url   Example   git remote add origin https   github com my username repository name git

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git remote rm origin git remote add origin git github com username myapp git

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You should change the name of the remote repository to something else   git remote add origin git github com myname oldrep git   to  git remote add neworigin git github com myname oldrep git   I think this should work   Yes  these are for repository init and adding a new remote  Just with a change of name

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The previous solutions seem to ignore origin  and they only suggest to use another name  When you just want to use git push origin  keep reading   The problem appears because a wrong order of Git configuration is followed  You might have already added a  git origin  to your  git configuration   You can change the remote origin in your Git configuration with the following line   git remote set-url origin git github com username projectname git   This command sets a new URL for the Git repository you want to push to  Important is to fill in your own username and projectname

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if you want to create a new repository with the same project inside the github and the previous Remote is not allowing you to do that in that case First Delete That Repository on github  then you simply need to delete the  git folder C  Users Shiva AndroidStudioProjects yourprojectname  git delete that folder  make sure you click on hidden file because this folder is hidden    Also click on the minus Remove button  from the android studio Setting- VersionControl click here for removing the Version control from android  And then you will be able to create new Repository

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You don t have to remove your existing  origin  remote  just use a name other than  origin  for your remote add  e g   git remote add github git github com myname oldrep git

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git remote rm origin git remote -v It will not display any repository name git remote add origin git github com username myapp git git push origin master It will start the process and creating the new branch  You can see your work is pushed to github

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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   git remote add myorigin git github com myname oldrep git   git remote add testtest git github com myname oldrep git   See the manual    http   www kernel org pub software scm git docs git-remote html  To remove a remote repository you enter   git remote rm origin   Again  origin  is the name of the remote repository if you want to remove the  upstream  remote   git remote rm upstream

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