GitHub switch remotes in Visual Studio 2022

Question

Hello,

I've recently downgraded from Pro to Free and now I can't manage to start pushing my source code toward the new organization repository.

What exactly I need to change in order to make it saving Git changes to the new FREE repository?

I removed the old origin and added new but then I started getting some errors every time I try to push.

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

you don't really specify your starting state. typically if you want to change remotes:

1) commit local repo
2) pull to get current with old remote
3) create a new remote (bare if supported)
4) change remote url to new remote
5) push to remote (with force flags if not a bare remote).
6) test pull

with GitHub you can create a new remote via import of another repo. in this case the client just changes to the new remote

you can check what you current remote is

git remote -v

you can change remote:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/user/repo2.git

if you local does not have a remote, add:

git remote add repo2 https://myname@github.com/myname/repo2.git

Answer 2

Did you import the local repo to GitHub? How did you create the new GitHub repo?

Answer 3

Hello Bruce,

Thank you for the prompt reply. Actually I created the new repo from within the GitHub website. Then I added it to Remotes and finally pushed the complete code to it using "Push to" option.

Now I cannot push the new changes anymore. I keep getting different error messages.

Thank you in advance for providing the exact steps to get rid of the old repo and start using the new one. It's much appreciated!

Answer 4

make sure your in local repo everything is committed:

git status

create a empty GitHub repo
add the remote to the local repo

do a force push (because GitHub doesn't create a bare repo)

git push -u -f origin master

see:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-push-an-existing-project-to-github

Answer 5

Hmm I am little confused about the second step which is adding the remote to the local repo.
Namely I already have the .git directory in my project folder. Should I delete this folder and then initialize the new repo?