Migrate repository origin
Migrate repository origin
Sometimes you need to move your existing git repository to a new remote repository (/new remote origin).
Here are a simple and quick steps that does exactly this.
Let’s assume we call old repo the repository you wish to move, and new repo the one you wish to move to.
Step 1.
Make sure you have a local copy of all old repo branches and tags.
Fetch all of the remote branches and tags
git fetch origin
Make a local copy of all remote brances
View all old repo local and remote branches
git branch -a
If some of the remotes/ branches doesn’t have a local copy, checkout to create a local copy of the missing ones:
git checkout -b <branch> origin/<branch>
Now we have to have all remote branches locally.
Step 2. Add a new repo as a new remote origin:
git remote add new-origin git@github.com:user/repo.git
Step 3. Push all local branches and tags to a new repo.
Push all local branches (note we’re pushing to new-origin):
git push --all new-origin
Push all tags:
git push --tags new-origin
Step 4. Remove old repo origin and its dependencies.
View existing remotes (you’ll see 2 remotes for both fetch and push)
git remote -v
Remove old repo remote
git remote rm origin
Rename new repo remote into just origin
git remote rename new-origin origin
Done! Now your local git repo is connected to “new repo” remote which has all the branches, tags and commits history.