Remote origin already exists on 'git push' to a new repository

You are getting this error because "origin" is not available. "origin" is a convention not part of the command. "origin" is the local name of the remote repository.

For example you could also write:

git remote add myorigin git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git  
git remote add testtest git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git

See the manual:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-remote.html

To remove a remote repository you enter:

git remote rm origin

Again "origin" is the name of the remote repository if you want to remove the "upstream" remote:

git remote rm upstream

The previous solutions seem to ignore origin, and they only suggest to use another name. When you just want to use git push origin, keep reading.

The problem appears because a wrong order of Git configuration is followed. You might have already added a 'git origin' to your .git configuration.

You can change the remote origin in your Git configuration with the following line:

git remote set-url origin git@github.com:username/projectname.git

This command sets a new URL for the Git repository you want to push to. Important is to fill in your own username and projectname

You can simply edit your configuration file in a text editor.

In the ~/.gitconfig you need to put in something like the following:

[user]
        name  = Uzumaki Naruto
        email = myname@example.com

[github]
        user = myname
        token = ff44ff8da195fee471eed6543b53f1ff

In the oldrep/.git/config file (in the configuration file of your repository):

[remote "github"]
        url = git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git
        push  = +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
        push  = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*

If there is a remote section in your repository's configuration file, and the URL matches, you need only to add push configuration. If you use a public URL for fetching, you can put in the URL for pushing as 'pushurl' (warning: this requires the just-released Git version 1.6.4).

1. git remote rm origin

2. git remote -v It will not display any repository name

3. git remote add origin git@github.com:username/myapp.git

4. git push origin master It will start the process and creating the new branch. You can see your work is pushed to github.

The below two commands should help set up.

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/USERNAME/NEW_REPO.git
    
git push --set-upstream origin main

You could also change the repository name you wish to push to in the REPOHOME/.git/config file

(where REPOHOME is the path to your local clone of the repository).

You need to check the origin and add if not exists.

if ! git config remote.origin.url >/dev/null; then
    git remote add origin git@github.com:john/doe.git
fi

Create file check.sh, paste the script update your git repository URL and run ./check.sh.

I had the same issue but I found the solution to it. Basically "origin" is another name from where your project was cloned. Now the error

fatal: remote origin already exists.

LITERALLY means origin already exists. And hence to solve this issue, our goal should be to remove it. For this purpose:

git remote rm origin

Now add it again

git remote add origin https://github.com/__enter your username here__/__your repositoryname.git__

This did fix my issue.

I just faced this issue myself and I just removed it by removing the origin. the origin is removed by this command

git remote rm origin

if you've added the remote repo as origin try implementing this command.

Try to remove first existing origin, In order to see the which existing origin has registered with bash you can fire below command.

 git remote -v 

after you know the which version of origin has register with bash then you can remove existing origin by firing below command

git remote rm origin

Once you removed existing origin you can add new origin by firing below command in you case ..

git remote add origin git@github.com:myname/oldrep.git

Once you add your origin in git, then you can push your local commit to remote origin

git push -u origin --all

Step:1

git remote rm origin

Step:2

git remote add origin enter_your_repository_url

Example:

git remote add origin https://github.com/my_username/repository_name.git

if you want to create a new repository with the same project inside the github and the previous Remote is not allowing you to do that in that case First Delete That Repository on github then you simply need to delete the .git folder C:\Users\Shiva\AndroidStudioProjects\yourprojectname\.git delete that folder,(make sure you click on hidden file because this folder is hidden )

Also click on the minus(Remove button) from the android studio Setting->VersionControl click here for removing the Version control from android And then you will be able to create new Repository.

Try this command it works for me.

rm -rf .git/

git remote rm origin 

and then

git push -f