Can I mark a GIT remote as read only?

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I have read/write access to a repo on GitHub. I have a local clone of that repo. I'd like to be able to pull changes from that remote, but I should never push changes to it.

Is there a way I can mark the remote as read-only so I never accidentally type in the wrong command and push to it?

Is it a public repo, that you could just clone via the (read-only) git protocol? — Cascabel, Apr 22 '12 at 17:22
On github ui under repo settings you get an option to archive and read-only. it serves well — Sanoj, Aug 06 '21 at 10:34

score 67 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '12 at 17:19

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You could shut off default pushes via

git config push.default nothing

or for stronger protection on a specific remote you could break pushes to that remote entirely by e.g.

git config remote.origin.pushurl "you really didn't want to do that"

answered Apr 22 '12 at 17:19

jthill

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"git config remote.origin.pushurl "you really didn't want to do that"" -- I love that idea. Thanks. Turning off default pushes wouldn't be ideal since I do want to push to other locations. – Marc Hughes Apr 24 '12 at 18:41
git config remote.origin.pushurl "you really didn't want to do that" has blocked all the pushes in all branch. What to do? How can you reove read only – Rajesh Kumar Jul 04 '14 at 06:09
@RajeshKumar just delete the config item. – jthill Jul 04 '14 at 07:18

score 21 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 02 '19 at 23:12

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git remote set-url origin --push "hey, stop pushing"

Note that the following removes an explicitly configured push URL, but then pushes will use the fetch URL, so not what you want:

git remote set-url origin --delete --push ".*"

edited Jan 02 '19 at 23:12

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answered May 16 '14 at 17:30

yoyo

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You rather meant: `git remote set-url origin --push "hey, stop pushing"` (or at least that's how it worked for me) – Zimm i48 Mar 28 '18 at 14:53
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oops, you're totally right, I just edited the answer to fix this, thanks for the correction – yoyo Apr 10 '18 at 17:14
How is this different from @jthill answer above? – a06e Jun 04 '22 at 15:53

Can I mark a GIT remote as read only?

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