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Keshav Mohta

Find Remote URL of your working repo

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Remote URL

Checking remote URL of your current working folder is a task which we need sometimes to check; so here are few git command which display the remote URL name;

Note:

  • The command and output are derived from Ubuntu and within VS Code ; your output may vary
  • adding output along with command; command start with > in below examples

TL;DR

If you are in hurry then just use any of below command; it will do the job

Terminal window
> git remote -v
> git remote show origin
> git remote get-url origin
> git ls-remote --get-url
> git config --get remote.origin.url

Approach 1

Terminal window
> git remote -v
origin git@github.com:xkeshav/workshop.git (fetch)
origin git@github.com:xkeshav/workshop.git (push)

Approach 2

Terminal window
> git remote show origin
* remote origin
Fetch URL: git@github.com:xkeshav/workshop.git
Push URL: git@github.com:xkeshav/workshop.git
HEAD branch: main
Remote branches:
feature tracked
main tracked
react tracked
react-workshop tracked
refs/remotes/origin/zeroPoint/react stale (use 'git remote prune' to remove)
zeroPoint/parcel tracked
Local branch configured for 'git pull':
react-workshop merges with remote react-workshop
Local ref configured for 'git push':
react-workshop pushes to react-workshop (up to date)

Approach 3

Terminal window
>git config --get remote.origin.url
git@github.com:xkeshav/workshop.git

Approach 4

Terminal window
>git remote get-url origin
git@github.com:xkeshav/workshop.git

Approach 5

Terminal window
> git ls-remote --get-url
git@github.com:xkeshav/workshop.git