Remote origin already exists on 'git push' to a new repository
I have my project on GitHub at some location, git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git .
Now I want to push all my code to a new repository at some other location, git@github.com:newname/newrep.git .
I used the command:
git remote add origin git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git
but I am receiving this:
fatal: remote origin already exists.
You are getting this error because "origin" is not available. "origin" is a convention not part of the command. "origin" is the local name of the remote repository.
For example you could also write:
git remote add myorigin git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git
git remote add testtest git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git
See the manual:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-remote.html
To remove a remote repository you enter:
git remote rm origin
Again "origin" is the name of the remote repository if you want to remove the "upstream" remote:
git remote rm upstream
The previous solutions seem to ignore origin, and they only suggest to use another name. When you just want to use git push origin , keep reading.
The problem appears because a wrong order of Git configuration is followed. You might have already added a 'git origin' to your .git configuration.
You can change the remote origin in your Git configuration with the following line:
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:username/projectname.git
This command sets a new URL for the Git repository you want to push to. Important is to fill in your own username and projectname
如果您错误地将本地名称命名为“原产地”，则可以通过以下方式将其删除：
git remote rm origin