From: Shourya Shukla Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:38:09 GMT Subject: [PATCH v4 2/4] gitfaq: changing the remote of a repository Message-ID: <20200429093811.8475-2-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200429093811.8475-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of changing the remote of a repository, covering various cases in which one might want to change the remote and the ways to do the same. Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla --- Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt index b1e758ffd1..7d294306f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt @@ -232,6 +232,17 @@ I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked:: it is advised to use `git rm --cached `as well as make the file pattern is mentioned in the '.gitignore'. +[[changing-remote-of-the-repository]] +I want to change the remote of my repository. How do I do that?:: + A remote is an identifier for a location to which Git pushes your + changes as well as fetches any new changes from (if any). There + might be different circumstances in which one might need to change + the remote URL (see linkgit:git-remote[1]). To change the remote URL + one may use: git remote set-url ++ +One can list the remotes of a repository using `git remote -v` command. +The default name of a remote is 'origin'. + Hooks ----- -- 2.26.2