From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Steicke Subject: Re: A question about changing remote repo name Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:52:46 +0800 Message-ID: References: <60ce8d251001032245n4e0267b1o1ecc796f324f8179@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Dongas X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 05 04:00:51 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NRzf7-00075b-HX for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:00:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754492Ab0AEDAp (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:00:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754390Ab0AEDAp (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:00:45 -0500 Received: from mail-iw0-f194.google.com ([209.85.223.194]:55325 "EHLO mail-iw0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754312Ab0AEDAo (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:00:44 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 456 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:00:44 EST Received: by iwn32 with SMTP id 32so542864iwn.33 for ; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:00:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=a49mT8055ymFRDXnFliV10sJLiVUHsetC9bEt1W3tvE=; b=vP/wXuIdHIJn96zCxxboCSa1InqqWA8T5S8CTix87uf8XTzbY/Tgga3FPwQcujc1k1 Icc187lnsvpvMIdVWkiWcMpUYwR09SBea42ZCB9QtGFt5QsqTODrAbJ7dPDUgVILqEr5 x0blBeEBlqX5oNh8oPJLEHWlyYw5V4SZzv4Fs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=eCKCLTorR7Tcz/H8+GMeZTvnYs+w+GvlT9Aiisn9EmnpFExlD9D0OV+V+ksE5I4iUt jUsXK416R8lAHOPCAVP3Hn2nIR8L6QtHL4yBbuz2U3sgD5ZBrqR/DRkn2WhgiJQR4nwN KiB9w69PKjkuhuxgYM0DoxsOR4ejJkAjCkjzY= Received: by 10.231.48.210 with SMTP id s18mr1423549ibf.3.1262659986395; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:53:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <60ce8d251001032245n4e0267b1o1ecc796f324f8179@mail.gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Dongas wrote: > So i need to change the remote name manually. > > I tried modifying the .git/config file locally but it didn't work. > > Could someone help tell how to do it? After editing .git/config, do this: $ mv .git/refs/remotes/OLDNAME .git/refs/remotes/NEWNAME and optionally: $ mv .git/logs/refs/remotes/OLDNAME .git/logs/refs/remotes/NEWNAME Remember to rename the remote in any tracking branches in .git/config, as well as the name in the [remote "OLDNAME"] section, and the name in any fetch and push lines. ie [remote "OLDNAME"] url = something fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/OLDNAME/* [branch "master"] remote = OLDNAME merge = refs/heads/master Becomes [remote "NEWNAME"] url = something fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/NEWNAME/* [branch "master"] remote = NEWNAME merge = refs/heads/master -- Virus found in this message.