what is the best way to change a Git repo's origin?

Question

I cloned a read-only Git repo from GitHub onto my server. The next day, I forked that repo on GitHub. What are the steps to update the remotes on my repository and make sure everything on the server is up-to-date?

Is this the way to start? Is there anything else I need to to so that the clone will treat the new origin as if I had originally cloned from it?

git remote rename origin upstream
git remote add origin git@github.com:user/fork.git

Answer 1

Use the commands in your own post, then point the master branch to your new remote (as it has been automatically changed to upstream ):

git config branch.master.remote origin

Another way:

git push -u origin master