# Find the Origin URL of a Cloned Git Repository

> Use git ls-remote --get-url origin or git remote show origin to find the original clone URL, branches, and remote configuration of a local Git repository

**URL:** https://sentry.io/answers/determine-the-origin-of-a-cloned-git-repository/

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## The Problem

How can I find out which URL a local Git repository was originally cloned from?

## The Solution

By default, a cloned Git repository has a [remote](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Working-with-Remotes) named `origin`, which refers to the remote repository from which it was cloned. To obtain the URL of this remote, we can use the following command:

```sh
git ls-remote --get-url origin
```

To obtain more information about the remote repository, such as its branches, we can run the following command:

```sh
git remote show origin
```

Note that this second command requires the remote repository to be reachable over the network but the first command does not.

If our remote is not called `origin`, we can retrieve the URLs of all remotes using the following command:

```sh
git remote -v
```

As remotes can be added, removed, or modified at any time, there is a chance that the remotes in your local repository may not include the remote from which it was originally cloned.

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*Source: [sentry.io/answers/determine-the-origin-of-a-cloned-git-repository/](https://sentry.io/answers/determine-the-origin-of-a-cloned-git-repository/)*