Lesson 09

Remotes

A remote is a saved name for another repository that your local project can exchange history with.

Ready to run git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/acme/shop.git.

Keep These Ideas

Local repository: The commits stored on your computer.
Remote repository: A separate shared copy, often hosted on GitLab or GitHub.
origin: A conventional nickname for a remote, not a special server.

The Real Command

Terminal

$git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/acme/shop.git

This saves the repository URL under the short name origin. It does not upload anything yet.

git remote -v

-v means verbose. It lists remote names together with their fetch and push URLs.

Example Output

origin  https://gitlab.com/acme/shop.git (fetch)
origin  https://gitlab.com/acme/shop.git (push)

git remote get-url origin

get-url prints the saved address. Use it to verify where origin points.

Example Output

https://gitlab.com/acme/shop.git

Knowledge Check

Inspect remote addresses and understand what a remote name represents.

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