How to debug git remote set-url not working

Question

I'm unable to change git remote url from git:// to https://.

As illustrated below, git remote set-url isn't working:

$ git remote -v

origin git://github.com/userName/repoName.git (fetch)

origin git://github.com/userName/repoName.git (push)

$ git remote set-url origin https://github.com/userName/repoName.git

$ git remote -v

origin git://github.com/userName/repoName.git (fetch)

origin git://github.com/userName/repoName.git (push)

I have also tried removing the remote and re-adding it, to no avail.

.git/config

[remote "origin"]
    url = https://github.com/userName/repoName.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

I have checked many of the plethora of queries concerning git remote set-url, but none dealing with this issue of set-url not working.

Answer 1

SOLVED

From running $ git config --list I realized that .git/config was forcing git to rename all remotes. See here for more information.

To resolve the issue, you can either:

1. Manually edit the file: git config --global --edit
2. Remove section: git config --global --remove-section url."git://github.com/"

The second option is preferable as it is safer than directly editing git config file.

Answer 2

Use command (You maybe must using Administration permission on Windows operating system, or sudo permission on macOS or Linux)

git remote add upstream https://example.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git

See https://help.github.com/articles/configuring-a-remote-for-a-fork/