Delete remote configuration variable in GIT

Question

I need to remove the remote variable called original for reuse. I know the variable is stored in the directory .git/.conf

This is what the terminal shows in Linux:

git remote add original6 https://github.com/perez/git.git
remote original6 already exists

Answer 1

git remote rename original6 newname

Should be the command you're looking for. This will allow you to rename the old remote to something else and add a new remote named original6.

If you want to delete the remote, type:

git config -e

And manually delete the listing from your config file.

There should be an entry that looks like this:

[remote "original6"]
    url = somebody@somewhere.com:something.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/......

If you delete those lines from your config, you should be good to go.