git clone git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git
cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream
I use Namecheap.com as a registrar, and they resale SSL Certs from a number of other companies, including Comodo.
These are the steps I went through to set up an SSL cert.