Configure two git remote repositories to two corresponding local branches

Question

Rephrasing the question : how to configure a remote git repository as new branch of an existing local repository whose single branch is already linked to a different remote repository.

I have two git repositories(projects) hosted on two different sites (github and an intranet site).

They are similar to each other since they started from the same base folder. I want to combine these two projects into one single git project such that

local branch "master" points to github repo's "master" branch
local branch "intranet_branch" points to intranet site repo's "master" branch

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

Looking at a previous Stackoverflow question I figured out a way to achieve this as follows

cd to local folder linked to github repo
```
cd ~/projects/prj_a
```
update .git/config to restrict branch mapping such that local "master" branch points to github's "master" branch
```
[remote "origin"]
url = git@github.com:user/prj_a.git
fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master
```

Add new git remote

git remote add intranet git@intranet_server:user/intranet_project.git

update .git/config such that new git remote is fetched into new remote-branch

[remote "intranet"]
url = git@intranet_server:user/intranet_project.git
fetch = +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/intranet/intranet_branch

Fetch branches from new remote repo
```
git fetch intranet
```
checkout new remote's branch into a new local branch. This will also switch to new branch.
```
git checkout -b intranet_branch intranet/intranet_branch
```
merge master branch which is pointing to github
```
git merge master
```
Resolve merge conflicts and commit
push from intranet_branch to intranet_repo's master branch
```
git push intranet intranet_branch
```

Test everything once more

    $ git checkout master
      Switched to branch 'master'
      Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
    $ git pull origin master
      ....
      * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
      Already up-to-date.
    $ git push origin master
      Everything up-to-date
    $ git checkout intranet_branch 
      Switched to branch 'intranet_branch'
      Your branch is up-to-date with 'intranet/intranet_branch'.
    $ git pull intranet intranet_branch 
      ...
      * branch           intranet_branch -> FETCH_HEAD
      Already up-to-date.
    $ git push intranet intranet_branch 
      Everything up-to-date

Configure two git remote repositories to two corresponding local branches

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