How do you create a new project/repository? A git repository is simply a directory containing a special .git directory. This is different from "centralised" version-control systems (like subversion), where a …

I had to do this on an old version of git (1.5.6.5) and the set-url option did not exist. Simply deleting the unwanted remote and adding a new one with the same name worked without problem and …

git rm file.txt removes the file from the repo but also deletes it from the local file system. To remove the file from the repo and not delete it from the local file system use: git rm --cached file.txt The below …

Oct 10, 2015 · To obtain only the remote URL: git config --get remote.origin.url If you require full output, and you are on a network that can reach the remote repo where the origin resides: git remote show …

Is there any way to achieve that other than by doing a fresh clone of remote repository? Similar question as Sync local git repo with remote in one shot discarding local changes/commits.

322 I am trying to move only the contents of one repository (repo1) to another existing repository (repo2) using the following commands: git clone repo1 git clone repo2 cd repo1 git remote rm origin git …

If you never plan to interact with the repository from which you cloned, you can do a full git clone and rewrite your repository using git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter <subdirectory>

Mar 19, 2019 · Note: If your repository has submodules, this process will mess them up somehow, and the only solution I've found so far is deleting them and then using git submodule update --init (or …

I created a Git repository with git init. I'd like to delete it entirely and initialise a new one.

Apr 9, 2019 · I've got a project checked locally from GitHub, and that remote repository has since had changes made to it. What's the correct command to update my local copy with the latest changes?