From: Shourya Shukla Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:11:08 GMT Subject: [PATCH v7 2/4] gitfaq: changing the remote of a repository Message-ID: <20200506171110.23124-2-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200506171110.23124-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of changing the remote of a repository. 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 11d9bac859..875cfa0acd 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt @@ -233,6 +233,17 @@ I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked:: and add a pattern to `.gitignore` that matches the . See linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. +[[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