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    Working with Forks

Configure a remote for a fork

List remotes repositories.
git remote -v

Add a new remote upstream repository that will be synced with the fork.
git remote add upstream git@github.com:ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git

Changing a remote's URL

We'll update upstream remote.
git remote set-url upstream git@github.com:ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git

###Syncing a fork
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

Merge the changes from upstream/master into your local master branch.
git merge upstream/master