GitHub fatal remote origin already exists

Question

I issued an SSH key on GitHub and made a new repository. But an error occurs when  I enter the next line into the terminal.

Parkers-MacBook-Pro:.ssh ppreyer$ git remote add origin git@github.com:ppreyer/first_app.git
fatal: remote origin already exists.

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Update the existing remote:

$ git remote set-url origin git@github.com:ppreyer/first_app.git

You can add the new remote with a different name or update the existing one if you don't need it. To add a new remote do the following:

$ git remote add github git@github.com:ppreyer/first_app.git

I hope this helps you.