remote add

Learn to add a new remote with git remote add.

Adding a New Remote

The git remote add command adds a new remote repository connection to your local repository. You specify the remote name first, followed by the repository URL on a platform such as GitHub.

git remote add origin https://github.com/user/project.git

In this example, origin is the remote name and the URL is the connection address.

Remote Name and URL

A remote name is a short label used to identify a connection in commands. origin is a common name, but you can also use different names such as backup or company.

git remote add backup https://github.com/user/backup.git
git remote

You can add multiple remote connections with different names to one repository.

Exercise Add a Remote Connection

Create a new remote named backup. Use https://github.com/user/backup.git as its URL. After the command, list the connections to show that backup was added.

Show example solution

git remote add backup https://github.com/user/backup.git
git remote

Test yourself

Which command adds a new remote repository?
- git clone add origin URL
- git remote -v origin URL
- git branch add origin URL
- git remote add origin URL
Show answer

git remote add origin URL — <code>git remote add</code> creates a new connection. The remote name and URL are provided in that order.

Add a Backup Remote

git remote add backup ____

Show answer

git remote add backup https://github.com/user/backup.git

Remote Addition Components

git remote add

Creates a new connection
origin

Remote name
URL

Repository address
backup

Second remote name

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