README.md

Git sync a fork

Precondition

You have a local Git-Repository with a Remote-Repository which is a fork from somebody else's Repository.

Aim

Sync your fork with the original repository to get all the updates that happened there.

Step 1: add a remote for the original repository

$ git remote add upstream https://URL-TO-ORIGINAL-REPO/ORIG-REPO.git

Typically you should have now two remotes: origin (fork) and upstream (original)

Step 2: fetch all from upstream

$ git fetch upstream

Step 3: if not done already, switch to master (from your fork)

git checkout master

Step 4: merge upstream changes (master branch)

git merge upstream/master

Step 5: push changes to your fork

git push