Remote Management

Remote Management

List remotes

$ git remote -v

Shows all configured remotes with their fetch and push URLs.

Add a remote

$ git remote add upstream <url>

Common when working with forks — origin is your fork, upstream is the original repository.

Rename a remote

$ git remote rename origin old-origin

Remove a remote

$ git remote remove upstream

Also removes all remote-tracking branches for that remote.

Switch a remote URL (HTTPS to SSH)

$ git remote set-url origin git@github.com:<user>/<repo>.git

Set up SSH authentication

See SSH Setup for a full walkthrough — key generation, agent configuration, GitHub registration, and troubleshooting.