Transfer A Project To A Different Repository

Author: Tonmoy Talukder

CS Undergrad, AUST, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh

Operating System:

Windows

Procedures:

• Go to cmd and clone the existing repository to your desire path: git clone --bare https://github.com/gitHubUserName/repositoryName
• Then write this command: cd repository-name
• Create a new repository where to transfer
• Copy the git link of the new repository like: https://github.com/gitHubUserName/repositoryName.git
• Then back to the cmd again and write: git push --mirror https://github.com/gitHubUserName/repositoryName.git
• Now, to check the the origin of the repository, write on cmd: git remote -v
• Opps! It is showing the origin to the old repository. Have fix this.
• Let's change the origin to the new repository, writing on cmd this line: git remote set-url origin https://github.com/gitHubUserName/repositoryName.git
• Let's to check the origin again, write again on cmd: git remote -v
• Yeah, now everything is okay. Let's reload the gitHub repository and check. If anything wrong follow the procedure again or email me for more assistance.

NB:

- Don't copy paste the code to cmd directly, firstly read the code line and understand what to put exactly by yourself. -