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Mike Kryski
Mike Kryski
2,625 Points
Posted by Mike Kryski
Mike Kryski
2,625 Points

git remote add not working

I can't seem to get passed the first part of the challenge, but I'm not sure what I'm missing I'm doing wrong... I need to add a remote repo which is hosted at git://mygithosting.com/git_basics/cool_stuff.git. This is what I tired:

git remote add cool_stuff git://mygithosting.com/git_basics/cool_stuff.git

3 Answers

William Li
PLUS
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Hi Mike, are you referring to 1st part of this challenge?

It only asks you to clone the repo. git remote add isn't the right tool for this task.

git clone git://mygithosting.com/git_basics/cool_stuff.git

This would be the correct way of cloning a remote repo. Hope it helps.

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points
Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points

Hi Mike,

Does the cool_stuff repo exist on mygithosting already? Not sure how that service works, but on Github you have to create the repo first, then use git remote add to connect your local repo to it.

Best, Cena

Mike Kryski
Mike Kryski
2,625 Points
Mike Kryski
Mike Kryski
2,625 Points

Thanks for the quick responses! I completely missed that I only needed to clone the repo. I've selected William's answer as the best answer.

Thanks again!