Git: How to add a Git remote

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Today I had to add a remote to a Git repository after deleting the Git remote with git remote rm origin, for reasons that I won’t bore you with.

Then I added a new Git remote to a GitHub repository with

git remote add origin git@github.com:flaviocopes/myrepo.git

Change flaviocopes/myrepo to your GitHub URL.

Done!

Lessons in this unit:

0: Introduction
1: Installing Git
2: Initialize a repository
3: Commit changes
4: Branches
5: Push and pull
6: Working with a remote
7: Solving conflicts
8: .gitignore
9: ▶︎ How to add a Git remote
10: How to remove a Git remote
11: How to set GitHub credentials for macOS