Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] gitfaq: changing the remote of a repository
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2020-05-06 17:18:02
Shourya Shukla [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of changing the remote of a repository. Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <redacted> --- 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 <file>. 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 <name> <newurl>
Up to this point it is a well written answer to "how do I change the remote".
+One can list the remotes of a repository using `git remote -v` command. +The default name of a remote is 'origin'.
This is not. Drop the paragraph, perhaps?
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