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Edgar Castelo
Courses Plus Student 19,428 PointsWhat's the difference between "git remote add origin" and "git clone" ?
What is the difference between these two instructions? Are there any benefits in choosing one instead of the other?
1 Answer
Luke Pettway
16,593 Pointsgit clone only creates a clone of a git project in a new directory. When you execute git remote add origin you are adding a remote for your git project to be able to pull and push from/to. The reason for that is because you might want to clone someone else's project but push to your own remote instead of the original one. Sometimes you also need more than one remote, so you can add as many as you need.
Edgar Castelo
Courses Plus Student 19,428 PointsEdgar Castelo
Courses Plus Student 19,428 PointsThanks for the answer, in order to complement and according to the git documentation git clone implicitly adds the remote when cloning the repo.