git clone existing repo in IDE git clone https://github.com/org/repo.git make necessary changes in the files git remote -v it list all the remote urls in the local system IDE origin https://github.com/org/repo.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/org/repo.git (push) git rename existing origin url to new old-orign git remote rename origin old-origin git add new repo url to origin git remote add origin https://github.com/org/repo2.git verify origin urls git remote -v should get 4 urls 2 for old-origin(old repo) and 2 for (new repo) origin git reinitialize git init . Reinitialized existing Git repository in C:/repo/.git/ git add all files git add . commit the changes git commit -m "Initial" git remove .idea files git rm -r --cached .idea removes already tracked files in git rm -r .idea this deletes all .idea files including the folder locally git push -u origin --all git remote remove old-origin