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Keeping a fork up to date
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1. Clone your fork:

git clone [email protected]: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 master

4. Or from GitHub article

git merge upstream/master
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7244321/how-do-i-update-a-github-forked-repository/7244456#7244456

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git push -f origin master

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