---
title: Git Remote
---
## Git Remote
The `git remote` command allows you to manage your Git remote repositories. Remote repositories are references to other Git repositories that operate on the same codebase.
You can
pull from
and
push to
remote repositories.
You can push or pull to either an HTTPS URL, such as `https://github.com/user/repo.git`, or an SSH URL, like `git@github.com:user/repo.git`.
Don't worry, every time you push something, you don't need to type the entire URL. Git associates a remote URL with a name, and the name most people use is `origin`.
### List all configured remote repositories
```bash
git remote -v
```
This command lists all remote repositories alongside their location.
Remote repositories are referred to by name. As noted above, the main repository for a project is usually called `origin`.
When you you use
git clone
to obtain a copy of a repository, Git sets up the original location as the *origin* remote repository.
### Add a remote repository
To add a remote repository to your project, you would run the following command:
```bash
git remote add REMOTE-NAME REMOTE-URL
```
The `REMOTE-URL` can be either HTTPS or SSH. You can find the URL on GitHub by clicking the "Clone or download" dropdown in your repository.
For example, if you want to add a remote repository and call it `example`, you would run:
```bash
git remote add example https://example.org/my-repo.git
```
### Update a remote URL
If the URL of a remote repository changes, you can update it with the following command, where `example` is the name of the remote:
```bash
git remote set-url example https://example.org/my-new-repo.git
```
### Deleting Remotes
Deleting remotes is done like so:
```bash
git remote rm REMOTE-NAME
```
You can confirm the remote is gone by viewing the list of your existing remotes:
```bash
git remote -v
```
### More Information:
- [Git remote documentation](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Working-with-Remotes)