git - cloning a repo into a new project and then push it to gitlab

Question

I have a need to clone an existing repo into a new one. Repositories are hosted on gitlab. For now i have created a new gitlab repository , and cloned the existing repo into the new one.

1. mkdir newDirectory
2. cd newDirectory
3. git clone ssh://git@git.xyz.com:8888/Project/repo.git
4. git remote rm origin ( to remove the origin frm existing repo)
5. git remote add origin ssh://git@git.xyz.com:8888/Project/Newrepo.git

upto here everything worked fine. i checked for branches using command git branch -a - it showed all remote branches.

git push -u origin --all

( it resulted in pushing only master to the new git repo.I want to understand why all the branches are not cloned into the new directory.)

I want to push all the code from existing repo to new including branches, tags and everything.

What i am missing here?

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