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Pushing to a different git repo

I have a repo called react. I cloned it into a different repo locally called different-repo.

How can I then get different-repo to push remotely to different-repo because currently it is pushing to react.

Effectively I want to clone many times from react into different named repos but then when i push from those repos they push to their own repo.

Solution

  • You have to add an other remote. Usually, you have an origin remotes, which points to the github (maybe bitbucket) repository you cloned it from. Here's a few example of what it is:

    • https://github.com/some-user/some-repo (the .git is optional)
    • [email protected]:some-user/some-repo (this is ssh, it allows you to push/pull without having to type your ids every single time)
    • C:/some/folder/on/your/computer Yes! You can push to an other directory on your own computer.

    So, when you

    $ git push origin master

    origin is replaced with it's value: the url

    So, it's basically just a shortcut. You could type the url yourself each time, it'd do the same!

    Note: you can list all your remotes by doing git remote -v.

    For your problem

    How can I then get different-repo to push remotely to different-repo because currently it is pushing to react.

    I'm guessing you want to create a second repository, right? Well, you can create an other remote (or replace the current origin) with the url to this repo!

    Add an other remote — recommended

    git remote add <remote-name> <url>

    So, for example:

    $ git remote add different-repo https://github.com/your-username/your-repo

    And then, just

    $ git push different-repo master

    Change the origin remote

    git remote set-url <remote-name> <url>

    So

    git remote set-url origin https://github.com/your-username/your-repo