How to safely change github account name?

Question

I would like to change my github account name, I found an option in GitHub account settings. However, I am concerned about consequences and would like to know what is the best strategy of name change, considering that I have some projects of my own tied to this account. So far, I came up with this plan: - Change account name in GitHub settings - For each project's local folder in '.git / config' file update remote "origin" url to the new one Will this work? Should there be any further steps on a computer which holds project sources? What will be the effect of name change on those who cloned or forked my projects on GitHub? Thank you!

Accepted Answer

1.) You have to change all your projects remote addresses. You can see them via:

```
git remote -v
```

After that remove the old remote addres:

```
git remote rm git@github.com:old_account/foo.git
```

finally add your new remote address:

```
git remote add origin git@github.com:new_account/foo.git
```

2.) All your cloned repos will break. There is no URL-redirect or anything similar. You can change your local cloned repos, but others have to point to the new repo addres(like in Step 1)

Note: Github forked repos works without any problem.

How to safely change github account name?

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