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

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Nov 12, 2007, 20:31 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.9999.0711121229090.3062@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711121412410.4362@racer.site>

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> 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"

Quite frankly, the latter is *easier* to do. It's really hard to remember all the config entry names and then run "git config <entry> <value>". The command itself may be fairly simple, but rememberign the options is *not*.

In contrast, when you open up .git/config in your editor, it's all almost totally *obvious*.

So telling people to edit the config file is usually much more helpful in the long run.

		Linus