Git - Duplicate a repository
author: Paul Kim
categories: git
tags: git
Duplicate a repository
I recently renamed one of my repositories on GitHub from paul-kim to paulkode:
- Create a new repository on GitHub called paulkode.
- Duplicate paul-kim to paulkode:
# create a bare clone of the old repo
git clone --bare git@github.com:kimbaudi/paul-kim.git
# mirror-push to the new repo
cd paul-kim.git
git push --mirror git@github.com:kimbaudi/paulkode.git
# remove the temporary local repo you created
cd ..
rm -rf paul-kim.git