renamed heroku app from website, now it's not found

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After renaming my heroku app from the heroku website, whenever I cd to its directory in a terminal and run any heroku command, I get App not found. Does anybody know of a way to remedy this?

might be of some help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4383670/how-to-change-a-ruby-on-rails-application-name — Hishalv, Sep 30 '11 at 20:45
thanks, @Hishalv. i think that thread has to deal more with Rails apps being renamed, not necessarily from heroku though. i'm looking for some help that's specific to renaming an app on heroku. — Connor, Sep 30 '11 at 20:51
This may also be helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5305843/getting-started-not-with-heroku-app-not-found — Kev, Oct 02 '11 at 14:53

score 365 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '11 at 21:04

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Try to update the git remote for the app:

git remote rm heroku
git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:yourappname.git

answered Sep 30 '11 at 21:04

James Ward

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can rename apps from cli: `$ heroku apps:rename newname` docs: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/renaming-apps – Connor Leech Jun 11 '14 at 18:32
@ConnorLeech allegedly yes, but actually that doesn't seem to work. – John LaBarge Sep 05 '14 at 11:43
@JohnLaBarge Yup, I just arrived at this answer because a rename from the CLI left me with "app not found" when I tried to do anything afterwards. – Matt Gibson Dec 16 '14 at 14:37

Hishalv · Answer 2 · 2011-10-02T10:48:51.133

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The Answer by James Ward is also correct, alternatively try doing this:

1). open a terminal

2). Go to your_app_directory/.git/config

3). Once you open the config file then edit as follows:

Change

url = git@heroku.com:old_app_name.git

to

url = git@heroku.com:new_app_name.git

Obviously substituting your apps old name to its new name. Hope it helps Also checkout this link renaming from cli - heroku

edited Oct 02 '11 at 10:48

answered Oct 01 '11 at 09:27

Hishalv

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+1 Yeah, James' answer is correct, but for some reason I liked yours better. Thanks :) – Brian Wylie Jan 25 '14 at 22:46
+1 for renaming link and finding the command `heroku apps:rename newname` – Pakman Feb 06 '14 at 07:03

score 22 · Answer 3 · answered May 29 '13 at 10:19

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git remote rm heroku
heroku git:remote -a newname

answered May 29 '13 at 10:19

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 20 '14 at 11:33

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From the Heroku docs...

If you rename from the website ... [your app] will need to be updated manually:

git remote rm heroku
heroku git:remote -a newname

answered Mar 20 '14 at 11:33

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score 5 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 20 '13 at 23:55

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There is another way, you can fix it by renaming the app to the original name via web.

To find out the old name use heroku command line:

> heroku rename newname

which will spit out the old name. Use the old name to rename the app via web. You can check if renaming success by running

> heroku info

Once done you can rename to the preferred name by using

> heroku rename preferredname

edited Jan 20 '13 at 23:55

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answered Jan 20 '13 at 23:28

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 00:37

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James Ward's solution didn't work for me. I had to enter my git url in a different format:

git remote rm heroku
git remote add heroku https://git.heroku.com/appname.git

answered Mar 09 '16 at 00:37

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renamed heroku app from website, now it's not found

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