How can I change the remote/target repository URL on Windows?

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I created a local GIT repository on Windows. Let's call it AAA. I staged, committed, and pushed the contents to GitHub. git@github.com:username/AAA.git

I realized I made a mistake with the name.

On GitHub, I renamed it to git@github.com:username/BBB.git

Now, on my Windows machine, I need to change git@github.com:username/AAA.git to git@github.com:username/BBB.git because the settings are still trying to "push" to git@github.com:username/AAA.git but I need to push to git@github.com:username/BBB.git now.

How could I do that?

score 273 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 30 '11 at 05:58

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git remote set-url origin <URL>

edited Dec 30 '11 at 05:58

animuson

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answered Dec 30 '11 at 05:47

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This seems to work fine. If you're copying an existing repo to a new one, however, you'll need to follow this up with git push origin master. – Josh Jul 25 '12 at 18:21
I have added a similar solution at the bootom. http://stackoverflow.com/a/15784886/1177575 – Abibullah Rahamathulah Apr 03 '13 at 10:29
I like this way, it fits conveniently in a workflow where i copy a .git/config from another repo when I initialize a new one. – Merlin Aug 06 '21 at 19:11

score 132 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 08 '16 at 17:09

The easiest way to tweak this in my opinion (imho) is to edit the .git/config file in your repository. Look for the entry you messed up and just tweak the URL.

On my machine in a repo I regularly use it looks like this:

KidA% cat .git/config 
[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = true
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
    ignorecase = true
    autocflg = true
[remote "origin"]
    url = ssh://localhost:8888/opt/local/var/git/project.git
    #url = ssh://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80/opt/local/var/git/project.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

The line you see commented out is an alternative address for the repository that I sometimes switch to simply by changing which line is commented out.

This is the file that is getting manipulated under-the-hood when you run something like git remote rm or git remote add but in this case since its only a typo you made it might make sense to correct it this way.

score 62 · Answer 3 · edited May 08 '15 at 08:07

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One more way to do this is:

git config remote.origin.url https://github.com/abc/abc.git

To see the existing URL just do:

git config remote.origin.url

edited May 08 '15 at 08:07

Jian

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answered Apr 03 '13 at 10:28

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score 25 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 15 '18 at 07:31

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Take a look in .git/config and make the changes you need.

Alternatively you could use

git remote rm [name of the url you sets on adding]

and

git remote add [name] [URL]

Or just

git remote set-url [URL]

Before you do anything wrong, double check with

git help remote

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answered Nov 26 '09 at 00:32

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How can I change the remote/target repository URL on Windows?

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