Question

I have a rails app called appname and a remote repo at bitbucket with the same name. I would like to rename it to another_name.

So far, I’ve tried changing the remote repo’s name to another_name, tried git push and it fails. I didn’t try renaming the rails app & its folder though, being afraid that something might break.

What’s the right step to do this?

Answer 1

If you rename your remote repository, you also have to update the remote’s URL in your local git repo:

git remote set-url origin https://new-url-here

You can rename the local folder freely without any side-effects.