Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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 > -----
