Sync a fork of a repository to keep it up-to-date with the upstream repository.
Before you can sync your fork with an upstream repository, you must configure a remote that points to the upstream repository in Git.
Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
Change the current working directory to your local project.
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Fetch the branches and their respective commits from the upstream repository. Commits to
master
will be stored in a local branch,upstream/master
.git fetch upstream remote: Counting objects: 75, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (53/53), done. remote: Total 62 (delta 27), reused 44 (delta 9) Unpacking objects: 100% (62/62), done. From https://hostname/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY * [new branch] master -> upstream/master
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Check out your fork's local
master
branch.git checkout master Switched to branch 'master'
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Merge the changes from
upstream/master
into your localmaster
branch. This brings your fork'smaster
branch into sync with the upstream repository, without losing your local changes.git merge upstream/master Updating a422352..5fdff0f Fast-forward README | 9 ------- README.md | 7 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md
If your local branch didn't have any unique commits, Git will instead perform a "fast-forward":
git merge upstream/master Updating 34e91da..16c56ad Fast-forward README.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Tip: Syncing your fork only updates your local copy of the repository. To update your fork on your GitHub Enterprise instance, you must push your changes.