Creating an alias for a bitbucket git repository

Question

Got a Bitbucket git repository which has out-grown its original scope so that the repo name no longer represent the content.

Can I create an 'alias repository' which will point to the existing one, but with a better name, while keeping the old name working to avoid updating existing checkouts, CI systems, etc.?

I vision here two repo names, but a single repo state which is available under both names.

Answer 1

You can try and:

• clone the repo
• rename your current BitBucket repo
• create a new one, re-using the name of the original repo
• reset your local clone to the right SHA1 (loosing the part of the recent history that does not interest you)
• pushing the local repo to the newly created one.