git switch to new remote and remove old remote

git-switch-to-new-remote-and-remove-old-remote.md

git switch to new remote and remove old remote

The following assumptions are made:

• you are on branch main
• your local working tree is clean
• you have the remote origin currently in place
• you want to switch to a new remote mirror_github
• you want to get rid of your old remote origin

Here is what needs to be done:

git remote add mirror_github github:user/repo.git
git fetch --prune mirror_github
git reset --hard mirror_github/main
git clean -f -d
git switch -C main mirror_github/main
git remote remove origin