The \u201corigin\u201d keyword is commonly used to describe the central source of a Git repository. If you try to add a remote called \u201corigin\u201d that already exists, you will encounter the \u201cfatal: remote origin already exists\u201d error.
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In this guide, we discuss the cause of and the solution to the The Git To solve this error, you should first check if the current remote associated with the \u201corigin\u201d keyword has the correct URL. You can do this using the git remote -v command: You will see a list formatted like this: If the \u201corigin\u201d URL does not match the URL of your remote repository to which you want to refer, you can change the remote URL. Alternatively, you can remove the remote and set a new remote URL with the name \u201corigin\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We have a repository called \u201cgit\u201d and we want to change the origin from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new origin should use the URL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To do so, we use the git remote add command, which adds a new remote to a repository: This command returns an error: Git is telling us that the \u201corigin\u201d remote already exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We cannot add a new remote using a name that is already in use, even if we specify a new URL for the remote. In this case, we have tried to create a new remote called \u201corigin\u201d even though one exists. To solve the error, we must remove the existing remote called \u201corigin\u201d and add a new one or change the URL of the existing remote. To remove the existing remote and add a new one, we can set a new URL for our remote:fatal: remote origin already exists<\/code>, with reference to an example. Let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\nfatal: remote origin already exists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
fatal: remote origin already exists<\/code> error indicates you are trying to create a remote with the name \u201corigin\u201d when a remote with this name already exists. This error is common if you have forgotten to set up a repository and are following setup instructions again. You may also see this error if you try to change the URL of the \u201corigin\u201d remote repository by using the git remote add command.
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<\/p>\n\n\n\norigin https:\/\/github.com\/career_karma_tutorials\/git (fetch)\norigin https:\/\/github.com\/career_karma_tutorials\/git (push)<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
An Example Scenario<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/github.com\/career_karma_tutorials\/git<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/github.com\/career_karma_tutorials\/git_tutorials<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\ngit remote add origin https:\/\/github.com\/career_karma_tutorials\/git_tutorials<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Solution <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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