How to add a remote to git

To add a new remote you need to use the git remote add command on the terminal in the root folder of your repository.

The git remote add command has two parameters:

• the remote name, the most used name is origin, but if you have multiple repositories to push more suggestive names are recommended. I will go with gitlab
• the remote URL, for example, https://gitlab.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git

Add

C:\Users\adm\repos\jersey-hello-world>git remote add gitlab https://gitlab.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git

Verify

To check the remote was added run the following command:

C:\Users\adm\repos\jersey-hello-world>git remote -v
gitlab  https://gitlab.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git (fetch)
gitlab  https://gitlab.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git (push)
origin  https://github.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git (push)

Errors

If the remote is already present the following error will occur:

C:\Users\adm\repos\jersey-hello-world>git remote add gitlab https://gitlab.com/admfactory/jersey-hello-world.git
fatal: remote gitlab already exists.

References

• Git Home Page