From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, newren@gmail.com, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] gitfaq: changing the remote of a repository
Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 10:17:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlfm56kze.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200506080023.12521-2-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> (Shourya Shukla's message of "Wed, 6 May 2020 13:30:21 +0530")
Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> writes:
> Add issue in 'Common Issues' section which addresses the problem of
> changing the remote of a repository.
>
> 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 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?
> Hooks
> -----
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-06 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-06 8:00 [PATCH v6 1/4] gitfaq: files in .gitignore are tracked Shourya Shukla
2020-05-06 8:00 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] gitfaq: changing the remote of a repository Shourya Shukla
2020-05-06 17:17 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-05-06 8:00 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] gitfaq: partial cloning " Shourya Shukla
2020-05-06 16:16 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-06 8:00 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] gitfaq: fetching and pulling " Shourya Shukla
2020-05-06 16:20 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-06 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
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