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Git: Keeping a fork up to date

1. Clone your fork:

git clone git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git
cd into/cloned/fork-repo

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

git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git

3. Fetch all branches of remote upstream:

git fetch upstream

4. Rewrite your master with upstream’s master using git rebase:

git rebase upstream/master

5. Push your updates to master. You may need to force the push with “--force”

git push origin master --force
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