How do you create a new project/repository? A git repository is simply a directory containing a special .git directory. This is different from "centralised" version-control systems (like subversion), where a …

I had to do this on an old version of git (1.5.6.5) and the set-url option did not exist. Simply deleting the unwanted remote and adding a new one with the same name worked without problem and …

324 I am trying to move only the contents of one repository (repo1) to another existing repository (repo2) using the following commands: git clone repo1 git clone repo2 cd repo1 git remote rm origin git …

git rm file.txt removes the file from the repo but also deletes it from the local file system. To remove the file from the repo and not delete it from the local file system use: git rm --cached file.txt The below …

Git clone will clone remote branch into local. Is there any way to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on the remote repository?

Feb 17, 2019 · Is there any way to achieve that other than by doing a fresh clone of remote repository? Similar question as Sync local git repo with remote in one shot discarding local changes/commits.

Did you init a local Git repository, into which this remote is supposed to be added? Does your local directory have a .git folder? Try git init.

I created a Git repository with git init. I'd like to delete it entirely and initialise a new one.

Initializing Repository will create a .git folder inside the local repo, which will help you manage code using git file system. But, please note you have this code in your local, not on the cloud. So if your …

2023 Update: git init will show a message that the current git repository as been 'reinitialized' but will NOT affect files (from the clone) or the remote settings.