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Posted by Emily Coleman
Emily Coleman
7,137 Points

How do I add someone else's copy of a repository as a remote?

I'm in the git course, and the prompt says to add the repository at the URL as a remote. I put this;

git clone [web address] new_repository_name

What am I doing wrong?

1 Answer

rigel hope
rigel hope
9,890 Points
rigel hope
rigel hope
9,890 Points

have you tried 'git remote add <repository name> <url>'?