What does ‘–set-upstream’ do?
What does git –set-upstream do? I tried to understand it by reading the git manual, but I didn’t quite get it. 6 s 6
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Remote origin already exists on ‘git push’ to a new repository
I have my project on GitHub at some location, [email protected]:myname/oldrep.git. Now I want to push all my code to a new repository at some other location, [email protected]:newname/newrep.git. I used the command: git remote add origin [email protected]:myname/oldrep.git but I am receiving this: fatal: remote origin already exists. 2Best Answer 21 You are getting this error because … Read more
Find out which remote branch a local branch is tracking
See also: How can I see which Git branches are tracking which remote / upstream branch? How can I find out which remote branch a local branch is tracking? Do I need to parse git config output, or is there a command that would do this for me? 24 s 24 Here is a command … Read more
How to remove remote origin from a Git repository
I just did git init to initialize my folder as Git repository and then added a remote repository using git remote add origin URL. Now I want to remove this git remote add origin and add a new repository git remote add origin new-URL. How can I do it? 1 15
How can I determine the URL that a local Git repository was originally cloned from?
I pulled a project from GitHub a few days ago. I’ve since discovered that there are several forks on GitHub, and I neglected to note which one I took originally. How can I determine which of those forks I pulled? 2 26 If you want only the remote URL, or if your are not connected … Read more
How do I push a new local branch to a remote Git repository and track it too?
I want to be able to do the following: Create a local branch based on some other (remote or local) branch (via git branch or git checkout -b) Push the local branch to the remote repository (publish), but make it trackable so git pull and git push will work immediately. How do I do that? … Read more
How to change the URI (URL) for a remote Git repository?
I have a repo (origin) on a USB key that I cloned on my hard drive (local). I moved “origin” to a NAS and successfully tested cloning it from here. I would like to know if I can change the URI of “origin” in the settings of “local” so it will now pull from the … Read more
How do I delete a Git branch locally and remotely?
I want to delete a branch both locally and remotely. Failed Attempts to Delete a Remote Branch $ git branch -d remotes/origin/bugfix error: branch ‘remotes/origin/bugfix’ not found. $ git branch -d origin/bugfix error: branch ‘origin/bugfix’ not found. $ git branch -rd origin/bugfix Deleted remote branch origin/bugfix (was 2a14ef7). $ git push Everything up-to-date $ git … Read more
