I was trying to add my react project to github when I accidentally spelled my username wrong in the terminal. Now whenever I try to add the project to a repository it says it cannot find the repository, the one where I spelled my username wrong. How can I change which repository my project is being pushed into? I am new to using Git and Github.

CodePudding user response：

You don't need to change the GitHub repository if you only made a mistake in the username.

You need to drop the wrong authorization from credential helper.

  echo "url=https://github.com" | git credential reject

Then repeat git push. And don't forget that instead of a password you should enter your personal access token.

CodePudding user response：

I believe you should change the remote URL of the local repo.

git remote set-url <remote_name> <remote_url>

Example:

git remote set-url origin https://git-repo/new-repository.git

More info on this can be found here

Other than that, I would recommend deleting your .git folder in the root of your project and start all over again.

CodePudding user response：

If your app is connected to the wrong remote repo you can connect it again:

first check your remote:

git remote -v

The output will look something like this (<shortname> <url>), e.g.:

origin  https://github.com/user/repo_name.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/user/repo_name.git (push)

if that is the one with the wrong name in it you can remove that connection:

git remote rm <short-name>

Then you can add a new remote with the right spelling in it, e.g.:

git remote add origin <url>