Git Default Remote - Shell/Bash

If you are a developer who uses Git for version control, you may have heard about the concept of "default remote". In this article, we will explore what default remote is and how to set it up.

What is Default Remote?

A remote in Git is a reference to a repository that is hosted somewhere else. When you clone a Git repository, a remote named "origin" is automatically created. This is the default remote that Git uses to interact with the repository.

Default remote is important because it tells Git where to push changes by default. If you have multiple remotes, you can set one of them as default so that you don't have to specify it every time you push changes.

Setting up Default Remote

To set up default remote, you need to use the git remote set-url command. Before we do that, let's first check the list of remotes we have:

$ git remote -v

This will give you the list of remotes and their URLs. To set a remote as default, just run:

$ git remote set-url --push origin <remote-url>

Replace <remote-url> with the URL of the remote you want to set as default. This will tell Git to push changes to this remote by default.

To verify that the default remote has been set, run:

$ git remote show origin

This will show you more details about the remote, including whether it is the default push destination.

Conclusion

In this article, we have learned about default remote in Git and how to set it up using the git remote set-url command. Setting up a default remote can save you time and prevent errors when pushing changes to Git.