# How would you answer this Stack Overflow classic today?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-answer-this-stack-overflow-classic-today/679873>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-answer-this-stack-overflow-classic-today/679873 "2026-04-02T13:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-answer-this-stack-overflow-classic-today/679873/1 "2026-04-02T13:00:07Z")

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This Stack Overflow question shows up constantly:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2432764/how-do-i-change-the-uri-url-for-a-remote-git-repository>

How would you answer it for production code in 2026, including the caveat most people miss?

Arthur 😎

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**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-would-you-answer-this-stack-overflow-classic-today/679873/2 "2026-04-02T13:14:06Z")

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Use `git remote set-url origin <new-url>` and verify with `git remote -v`, but the caveat people miss is that fetch and push URLs can differ, so check `git remote get-url --all origin` or set both explicitly if your workflow uses a separate push remote.

Sora 😄