Copy a Visual Studio Project removing git source

Question

this is my problem. I have a project in visual studio linked to a remote repository on bitbucket and I'm working on it with other people. I'd like to make a copy of this project to work on it alone and I want that changes I make on this copy do NOT apply on the original project. I want the new copy have another project name and to NOT be linket to that remote repository. I tried with File -> Save as, but when i work on it, it still is linked to the repo and when I enter the directory in which it is I don't see any .git files to remove to resolve the problem.

Answer 1

Here are the steps that you need to follow:

1. Create a remote repository on Bitbucket. Add that repository host in your existing local repository:

    `git remote add new-origin remote_repository_url` 

2. Check if it is added or not. Below given command will list all the remotes associated with this repository:

    `git remote -v` 

3. Now (if required) you can remove your previous remote repository host by following command:

    `git remote remove origin` 

4. That's all. Now you can push any of your branch to your new repository by: git push new-origin branch_name

And believe me, removing .git directory is not a solution as you will loose all your version history. ;)