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A remote URL is Git's fancy way of saying "the place where your code is stored." That URL could be your repository on GitHub, or another user's fork, or even on a completely different server.

You can only push to two types of URL addresses:

• An HTTPS URL like https://{% data variables.command_line.backticks %}/user/repo.git
• An SSH URL, like git@{% data variables.command_line.backticks %}:user/repo.git

Git associates a remote URL with a name, and your default remote is usually called origin.

For information on the differences between these URLs, see "Which remote URL should I use?"

Creating remotes

You can use the git remote add command to match a remote URL with a name. For example, you'd type the following in the command line:

git remote add origin <em> &lt;REMOTE_URL> </em>

This associates the name origin with the REMOTE_URL.

You can use the command git remote set-url to change a remote's URL.