How can I retrieve the remote git address of a repo?

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I tried git remote but that just lists the branches.

possible duplicate of [How can I determine the url that a local git repo was originally cloned from?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4089430/how-can-i-determine-the-url-that-a-local-git-repo-was-originally-cloned-from) — mvw, Apr 11 '14 at 10:53

score 318 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 11 '12 at 08:17

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When you want to show an URL of remote branches, try:

git remote -v

answered Jan 11 '12 at 08:17

Jan Marek

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But this shows all remotes, origin and others, how do I retrieve only the one, where I am on a branch? – rubo77 Nov 16 '16 at 11:02
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maybe what you need is `git remote get-url remote-name` – Cipto HD Oct 31 '17 at 17:08

score 82 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '15 at 12:10

If you have the name of the remote, you will be able with git 2.7 (Q4 2015), to use the new git remote get-url command:

git remote get-url origin

(nice pendant of git remote set-url origin <newurl>)

See commit 96f78d3 (16 Sep 2015) by Ben Boeckel (mathstuf).
^{(Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster -- in commit e437cbd, 05 Oct 2015)}

remote: add get-url subcommand

Expanding insteadOf is a part of ls-remote --url and there is no way to expand pushInsteadOf as well.
Add a get-url subcommand to be able to query both as well as a way to get all configured urls.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 18 '21 at 06:50

-v. Shows URLs of remote repositories when listing your current remote connections. By default, listing remote repositories only shows you their shortnames (e.g. "origin"). Using the "-v" option, you will also see the remote's URLs in listings.

git remote -v

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 02 '20 at 12:26

The long boring solution, which is not involved with CLI, you can manually navigate to:

your local repo folder ➡ .git folder (hidden) ➡ config file

then choose your text editor to open it and look for url located under the [remote "origin"] section.

How can I retrieve the remote git address of a repo?

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remote: add get-url subcommand

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