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Change a git remote's URL

bashMay 10, 2026

Point an existing remote at a new URL without removing and re-adding it.

When a repo moves hosts (or you switch between SSH and HTTPS), update the existing remote in place instead of deleting it and adding it back.

terminal

git remote set-url origin new.git.url/here

Run git remote -v afterwards to confirm both fetch and push URLs point where you expect.

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bash
Delete local and remote git branches
Delete branches one at a time, or sweep up local branches whose upstream has already been deleted.
```
# Local
git branch -d BRANCH_NAME

# Remote
git push origin -d BRANCH_NAME
```
May 10, 2026
bash
Remove node_modules from a git repo
Stop tracking a committed node_modules folder and ignore it going forward.
```
**/node_modules
```
May 10, 2026
bash
Stop tracking a file that's already committed
Adding a path to .gitignore does not untrack files git already knows about. Use git rm --cached to drop it from the index while keeping the local copy.
```
echo "components.json" >> .gitignore
git rm --cached components.json
git commit -m "Stop tracking components.json"
```
- git
- gitignore
May 6, 2026