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sidebar_position: 11
description: "Set the default repository for this clone"
---

# gt repo set-default

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Set the default repository for this clone

## Synopsis

```text
Set the repository that gt commands use in the current Git clone instead of the one of its Git
remotes (saved as gt.repository in the clone's Git configuration).
```

```
gt repo set-default [<repository>] [flags]
```

## Examples

```
# Make gt commands in this clone use the fork's parent
$ gt repo set-default alice/project

# Show the saved repository
$ gt repo set-default --view

# Go back to the repository of the Git remotes
$ gt repo set-default --unset
```

## Options

```
  -h, --help    help for set-default
  -u, --unset   Remove the saved default repository
  -v, --view    Print the saved default repository
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt repo](../repo/index.md): Work with Gitea repositories