Question

I have stored my app sources (git repo) in folder:

MyProject/front_app

But on GitHub I want to have the repo named not front_app but rather my_project_front_app, is it possible to do?

Is it a good approach or it is better to have local folder my_project_front_app for this git repo?

Answer 1

You can do what you want. The local and the remote repository can have different names.

If you already have a local repository, you can add a remote (named as you want) with:

git remote add origin http://distant/a_remote_repository

If you already have a GitHub repository, you can clone it in the local folder you want with:

git clone http://distant/a_remote_repository a_different_local_folder