Just
git remote add REMOTE_NAME REMOTE_URL
in the package folder and then
git checkout REMOTE_NAME master
git checkout origin master
to swap between the repos.
On Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 7:01:28 PM UTC+2, Chris Rackauckas wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a good way to change repositories? A common example for
> me is, Sundials is in JuliaDiffEq, so I fork it to my Github account for an
> extended PR, but to work on it I need to remove my current Sundials install
> and clone from my own repository. However, METADATA does not like this at
> all:
>
> julia> Pkg.rm("Sundials") # Remove the JuliaDiffEq/Sundials version
> WARNING: unknown DataFrames commit 84523937, metadata may be ahead of
> package cache
> INFO: No packages to install, update or remove
> INFO: Package database updated
>
> julia> Pkg.clone("https://github.com/ChrisRackauckas/Sundials.jl.git";) #
> Install from my Github
> INFO: Cloning Sundials from
> https://github.com/ChrisRackauckas/Sundials.jl.git
> ERROR: Sundials already exists
> in clone(::String, ::SubString{String}) at .\pkg\entry.jl:193
> in clone(::String) at .\pkg\entry.jl:221
> in
> (::Base.Pkg.Dir.##2#3{Array{Any,1},Base.Pkg.Entry.#clone,Tuple{String}})()
> at .\pkg\dir.jl:31
> in
> cd(::Base.Pkg.Dir.##2#3{Array{Any,1},Base.Pkg.Entry.#clone,Tuple{String}},
> ::String) at .\file.jl:58
> in #cd#1(::Array{Any,1}, ::Function, ::Function, ::String,
> ::Vararg{Any,N}) at .\pkg\dir.jl:31
> in clone(::String) at .\pkg\pkg.jl:151
>
> In the past I would just delete METADATA and let it re-create itself, and
> that will fix it, but then you have to re-install packages which can be a
> mess. Since this is becoming much more common for me, I need a better way
> to handle this. Does anyone have a better workflow?
>
