Git removing upstream from local repository

Question

I am working with a ruby on rails application and I am trying to sync a fork. It is worth mentioning that I am also on a Mac. I committed the following action:

$ git remote -v 

to get a view of my local repository. I messed up when trying to go upstream:

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/foo/repo.git 

When I should have capitalized Foo:

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/Foo/repos.git 

The question is how do I remove the upstream because every time I try and change this it comes back with creating a fatal error?

Answer 1

Using git version 1.7.9.5 there is no "remove" command for remote. Use "rm" instead.

$ git remote rm upstream $ git remote add upstream https://github.com/Foo/repos.git 

or, as noted in the previous answer, set-url works.

I don't know when the command changed, but Ubuntu 12.04 shipped with 1.7.9.5.

edit: a few people seem to have run into a situation where they do not have an "upstream" remote. execute cat .git/config and look at the name of the remote(s). (if on windows and not using powershell you can use type .git/config.)

the output will show the remotes configured for your git repo, e.g.,

[remote "origin"] 

substitute the name of the remote you wish to remove as:

$ git remote rm origin 

if you don't have the "upstream" remote, you can't remove it.