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Keeping a fork up to date

1. Clone your fork:

git clone <git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git>

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream <git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git>
git fetch upstream

3. Updating your fork from original repo to keep up with their changes:

git pull upstream <branch name>

4. Push changes to your fork

git push
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