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[v4,2/4] gitfaq: changing the remote of a repository

Message ID 20200429093811.8475-2-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v4,1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked | expand

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Shourya Shukla April 29, 2020, 9:38 a.m. UTC
Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of
changing the remote of a repository, covering various cases in which
one might want to change the remote and the ways to do the same.

Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Elijah Newren April 29, 2020, 4:17 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 2:38 AM Shourya Shukla
<shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of
> changing the remote of a repository, covering various cases in which
> one might want to change the remote and the ways to do the same.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> index b1e758ffd1..7d294306f9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> @@ -232,6 +232,17 @@ I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked::
>         it is advised to use `git rm --cached <file>`as well as make
>         the file pattern is mentioned in the '.gitignore'.
>
> +[[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>
> ++
> +One can list the remotes of a repository using `git remote -v` command.
> +The default name of a remote is 'origin'.

Looks good to me.  :-)
Junio C Hamano April 29, 2020, 5:01 p.m. UTC | #2
Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> writes:

> Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of
> changing the remote of a repository, covering various cases in which
> one might want to change the remote and the ways to do the same.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> index b1e758ffd1..7d294306f9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> @@ -232,6 +232,17 @@ I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked::
>  	it is advised to use `git rm --cached <file>`as well as make
>  	the file pattern is mentioned in the '.gitignore'.
>  
> +[[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>
> ++
> +One can list the remotes of a repository using `git remote -v` command.
> +The default name of a remote is 'origin'.

With the trimming, it got a lot easier to follow.  

We should strive to (1) make sure any FAQ entry can have a pointer
to more comprehensive and canonical documentation, and (2) an FAQ
entry with such a pointer does not consume more than one paragraph,
say no more than 5 lines.

It may be tempting to cram as much information as it comes to your
head as possible when writing a FAQ document, but for those who need
FAQ list, a list of pointers with clear and concise summary is more
helpful.

Thanks.
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
index b1e758ffd1..7d294306f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
@@ -232,6 +232,17 @@  I asked Git to ignore various files, yet they are still tracked::
 	it is advised to use `git rm --cached <file>`as well as make
 	the file pattern is mentioned in the '.gitignore'.
 
+[[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>
++
+One can list the remotes of a repository using `git remote -v` command.
+The default name of a remote is 'origin'.
+
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