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
git pull upstream master
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
git pull upstream master
I built a web based solution to sync the fork with the original using only GitHub APIs. It's all web, you don't need to do anything on the client
https://forkrefresh.herokuapp.com
As a plus it tells you the status off all your repos as compared to sources of the forks.
This helps! Thank you
Thank you ❤️
git pull is a git fetch and git merge in one step.
So the git fetch in step 2 is redundant if you're going to do a git pull anyway.
I second this. git fetch and then git pull won't break anything, but it's redundant.
You can update it to:
git pull upstream main
This post should have been the first Google result. Would have saved me some time.
You can update it to:
git pull upstream main
thank you @maryamrmz it worked for me!
How to keep a full project in sync, all the branches from the server and automated (no local checkout)?
I just want a slave mirror.
Found an automatic and flexible solution using Github Actions that can be easily applied quickly to any fork.
See my blog post: https://blog.mathieu.photography/post/649318432483033088/automatic-fork-syncing-with-github
Or Gist: https://gist.github.com/mathieucarbou/96ab30024f0d3fb44cac970219d23efc
Hi everyone.
I tried the commands suggested in this post. I was able to add the remote but when I try to pull for updating local I get the error "The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.". I solved it using http// instead of git// when adding the upstream.
I find it funny that years after years I keep coming back to this gist.
I find it funny that years after years I keep coming back to this gist.
Based on this awesome gist, I made a little bash function for myself and use it on a few machines so I don't have to remember 😅
Thanks, helped a lot.