Advanced Git:
Changing the Name of a Remote Repo

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If you change the name of one of your repositories on Bitbucket or GitHub your local copy will no longer be synched up to it. Here’s how to fix this:

• In Bitbucket (or GitHub): Repository settings > change the Repository name to what you now want it to be
• Click “Back” > “Source” (top of the left-hand menu) > “Clone” > copy the URL (without the git clone part at the front)
• In the terminal: cd into your repo > use git remote -v to see the old (now incorrect) URLs of the remote repo. We want to change these.
• Remove the old remote name: git remote rm <name>. Usually <name> will be “origin”.
• Add the new remote name: git remote add <name> <url>. Again, “origin” is a common choice for the <name> and the <url> is the one you copied from Bitbucket (or GitHub).
• Check that it has worked: git remote -v
• Connect the local and remote repos:

git fetch
git pull origin master
git push --set-upstream origin master

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