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MoKi

Reputation: 328

How to push to GitHub after changing the repository name in GitHub

My repository was Porfolio3, and I changed it to Portfolio (without the 3) on GitHub. I'm still working on it, and I don't want to lose it. I went into my local code and typed "git push" as usual but I got this:

D:\GitHub\01 Portfolio> git push
To https://github.com/moki929/Portfolio
 ! [rejected]        master -> master (fetch first)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/moki929/Portfolio'   
hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do    
hint: not have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing
hint: to the same ref. You may want to first integrate the remote changes   
hint: (e.g., 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.

I've tried many things like:

PS D:\GitHub\01 Portfolio> git remote add origin-push $(git config https://github.com/moki929/Portfolio.git)

but I get this

error: invalid key: https://github.com/moki929/Portfolio.git

My git status:

PS D:\GitHub\01 Portfolio> git status
On branch master
Your branch is ahead of 'destination/master' by 3 commits.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

I tried to rename origin to destination. Thinking that would fix it. Do I need to change back to origin? I just want to push to GitHub.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2740

Answers (1)

MoKi
MoKi

Reputation: 328

Make sure you are in "origin", fetch, rebase, merge, and push. As below:

git remote rename destination origin
git fetch --all
git rebase origin/master
git merge origin/master
git push

Thanks Chuck Lu! https://stackoverflow.com/users/13338936/chuck-lu

Upvotes: 1

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