Finding out the name of the original repository you cloned from in Git

When you do your first clone using the syntax

git clone username@server:gitRepo.git

Is it possible using your local repository to find the name of that initial clone?

(So in the above example, find gitRepo.git.)

git config --get remote.origin.url

In the repository root, the .git/config file holds all information about remote repositories and branches. In your example, you should look for something like:

[remote "origin"]
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
    url = server:gitRepo.git

Also, the Git command git remote -v shows the remote repository name and URL. The "origin" remote repository usually corresponds to the original repository, from which the local copy was cloned.