Git tips and tricks

Cloning a repo

While cloning a repo, clone with the SSH url. Do not use the http url. For example,

✅ good

$ git clone git@github.com:mindwaveventures/mw-handbook.git

❌ bad

$ git clone https://github.com/mindwaveventures/mw-handbook

After doing a proper clone, the remotes in your local clone should look like

$ git remote -v
origin  git@github.com:mindwaveventures/mw-handbook.git (fetch)
origin  git@github.com:mindwaveventures/mw-handbook.git (push)

Let's say we accidently cloned with http. To update the remote url, run

$ git remote remove origin
$ git remote add origin git@github.com:mindwaveventures/mw-handbook.git

Replace with the corresponding github ssh url.

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