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Asked: 2026-06-07T23:25:18+00:00

Let’s say I’m user1 and I have a Github account at http://github.com/user1 . Naturally,

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Let’s say I’m user1 and I have a Github account at http://github.com/user1. Naturally, I’d set up git locally as so:

origin git@github.com:user1/repo.git (fetch)
origin git@github.com:user1/repo.git (push)

What would I do if I have fetch & push permissions to someone else’s repo (let’s say user2) whose repo is located at http://github.com/user2/user2srepo.git?

EDIT:
Sorry, everyone is right with their answers. I should have clarified that I used to have it set up as origin http://github.com/user2/user2srepo.git but I wanted to avoid being asked for user credentials every single time I pushed.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Assuming your github repos are both for the same codebase, you can add them both as remotes to your local repo:

    git remote add otherusersorigin http://github.com/user2/user2srepo.git

    Then use that alias whenever you need it:

    git fetch otherusersorigin
git push otherusersorigin

    To do this with no authentication prompt, set up SSH keys for your self according the standard GitHub instructions and get the other person to add you as a collaborator on that repo.

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