GIT - move a full git repository from one remote sever to another one

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Let’s call the original repository ORI and the new one NEW, here are the steps required to copy everything from ORI to NEW:

1. Create a local repository in the temp-dir directory using:

git clone <url  to ORI repo >  temp-dir

clone ori repository

1. Go into the temp-dir directory.

2. To see a list of the different branches in ORI do:

git branch -a

git branch-a

1. Checkout all the branches that you want to copy from ORI to NEW using:

git checkout branch- name

checkout-branches

1. Now fetch all the tags from ORI using:

git fetch --tags

git-fetch-tags

1. Before doing the next step make sure to check your local tags and branches using the following commands:

git  tag

git  branch -a

git-tag-and-git-branch-a

1. Now clear the link to the ORI repository with the following command:

git remote rm origin

1. Now link your local repository to your newly created NEW repository using the following command:

git remote add  origin <url toNEW repo>

1. Now push all your branches and tags with these commands:

git push origin  --all


git push  --tags

end-result

1. You now have a full copy from your ORI repo.

Command line instructions from GITLAB

Git global setup

git config --global user.name "Lam Hung NGUYEN"
git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"

Create a new repository

git clone 
https://gitlab.com/lamhung81/auvfirmware.git

cd auvfirmware
touch README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "add README"

git push -u origin master

Existing folder

cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin 
https://gitlab.com/lamhung81/auvfirmware.git

git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

git push -u origin master

Existing Git repository

cd existing_repo
git remote rename origin old-origin
git remote add origin 
https://gitlab.com/lamhung81/auvfirmware.git
git push -u origin --all
git push -u origin --tags