Updating a forked repository to the original repository

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August 05, 2022 • Code

1. Add remote with the original repository url - name it “upstream”

git remote add upstream https://github.com/original-repo/example.git

2. Fetch all the branches and content of remote upstream

git fetch upstream

3. Need to rewrite the master with upstream’s master using git rebase

  • Also need to make sure that you are on the master branch:
  • git checkout master
git rebase upstream/master

4. Push the updates to local master (may need --force)

git push origin master

Also, some great content about How to GitHub: Fork, Branch, Track, Squash and Pull Request

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