Easiest way to rename git project configured on BitBucket

Question

I have a project hosted on BitBucket

Can I rename it ?

If not and I need to create a new repository can someone tell me the easiest way to do that and have new r

Answer 1

To rename your bitbucket repo you can do 2 simple actions:

1. Rename your repository name in bitbucket repository settings(Your repository>Settings>Name field)
2. (In case if you have the repository cloned to local machines) In project root directory go to .git folder, then open config file. Change all the old repo names to new repo one.

Answer 2

You can rename the project form the settings menu of the projects on Bitbucket.

Once you rename it, you need to update your git config file to fetch the data from the new location

nano .git/config

Change the name of the project to the new name and save

Answer 3

You can also do it in the BitBucket website.

In your project page (https://bitbucket.org/username/yourproject), go to settings, repository details and then change the name and save it.

Answer 4

I think this is the easiest way:

1. Rename your project from the bitbucket settings menu
2. Clone your newly re-named project
   • git clone new_url

This works because git is a distributed version control system. As far as git is concerned there is nothing special about the existing repo on your computer. Just clone a new one.

If you prefer to keep using the existing local repo in my opinion it's easier to use git to update itself instead of manually editing a config file:

1. Rename your project from the bitbucket settings menu
2. Change directory into your local project and update git to fetch data from the newly renamed repo
   • git remote set-url origin new_url
3. Optionally (git doesn't care) rename your local project directory
   • mv projectname newprojectname