Re: Cloning from kernel.org, then switching to another repo

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 12, 2007, 20:42 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711122040350.4362@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.9999.0711121229090.3062@woody.linux-foundation.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd like to do this sequence, but I can't figure out how without 
> > > editing the config file. There doesn't seem to be a simple command 
> > > to move the origin.
> > > 
> > > git clone linus
> > > move origin to digispeaker.git
> > 
> > AKA "git config remote.origin.url <your-digispeaker-url-here>"
> 
> I really think people should at least also mention:
> 
> 	"Or just edit your .git/config file by hand"

FWIW I agree. The intent of git-repo-config (as it was named then) was to have a program for _scripts_ to use.

But for some reasons, people on IRC refuse to edit .git/config by hand. *sigh* Will have to relearn giving proper help.

Thanks, Dscho