如何将 git 存储库（包括所有分支）覆盖到另一个 git 存储库

Question

I have two git repos: orginal (with master and some feature branches) and new (having just the master branch as it is created new). I want to copy everything from original (all the branches and history) to new .

I have followed this resource and so far am able to copy all the branches except the master branch to the new repo. This could happen since master exists for both the repos. Is there a way to overwrite the master branch from another repository?

Answer 1

You are looking for the git branch command. Run this on the new repo after you fetched all branches from the original:

git branch --force master original/master

This forces the local master branch to point to the same commit as the remote master branch. (This assumes your remote is named original .)