Remote Repositories

A remote URL is Git’s fancy way of saying “the place where your code is stored.” That URL could be your repository on GitHub, or another user’s fork, or even on a completely different server. ___

• Creating remotes

  You can use the git remote add command . git remote add origin

• Seeing Your Remotes

  By using < git remote> and < git remote -v >, you can view all the remote URLs next to their corresponding short names.

• Fetching

  Fetching entails pulling data that you don’t have from a remote project.

Here is the command format:

git fetch [remote-name]

• Pushing

  git push [remote-name][branch-name]

• Renaming/Removing Remotes

  To rename a remote’s short name, use the git remote rename command.

Remove

To remove a remote for whatever reason (e.g., a contributor has left the team, the server has moved), simply use the git remote rm command:

Example:

$ git remote rm jane