Pull new updates from original GitHub repository into forked GitHub repository

Question

I forked someone s repository on GitHub and would like to update my version with commits and updates made in the original repository  These were made after I forked my copy   How can I pull in the changes that were made in the origin and incorporate them into my repository

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If you re using the GitHub desktop application  there is a synchronise button on the top right corner  Click on it then Update from  lt original repo gt  near top left   If there are no changes to be synchronised  this will be inactive   Here are some screenshots to make this easy

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You have to add the original repository  the one you forked  as a remote  From the GitHub documentation on forking a repository    Once the clone is complete your repo will have a remote named    origin    that points to your fork on GitHub  Don   t let the name confuse you  this does not point to the original repo you forked from  To help you keep track of that repo we will add another remote named    upstream       cd PROJECT NAME   git remote add upstream https   github com ORIGINAL OWNER ORIGINAL REPOSITORY git   git fetch upstream    then   like  quot git pull quot  which is fetch   merge    git merge upstream master master    or  better  replay your local work on top of the fetched branch   like a  quot git pull --rebase quot    git rebase upstream master   There s also a command-line tool  hub  which can facilitate the operations above  Here s a visual of how it works   See also  quot Are Git forks actually Git clones  quot

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Use   git remote add upstream ORIGINAL REPOSITORY URL   This will set your upstream to the repository you forked from  Then do this   git fetch upstream         This will fetch all the branches including master from the original repository    Merge this data in your local master branch   git merge upstream master   Push the changes to your forked repository i e  to origin   git push origin master   Voila  You are done with the syncing the original repository

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To automatically sync your forked repository with the parent repository  you could use the Pull App on GitHub    Refer to the Readme for more details    For advanced setup where you want to preserve your changes done to the forked repository  refer to my answer on a similar question here

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In addition to VonC s answer  you could tweak it to your liking even further   After fetching from the remote branch  you would still have to merge the commits  I would replace    git fetch upstream   with        git pull upstream master   since git pull is essentially git fetch   git merge

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If you want to do it without cli  you can do it fully on Github website    Go to your fork repository  Click on New pull request  Make sure to set your fork as the base repository  and the original  upstream  repository as head repository  Usually you only want to sync the master branch  Create new pull request  Select the arrow to the right of the merging button  and make sure to choose rebase instead of merge  Then click the button  This way  it will not produce unnecessary merge commit  Done

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This video shows how to update a fork directly from GitHub   Steps     Open your fork on GitHub  Click on Pull Requests  Click on New Pull Request  By default  GitHub will compare the original with your fork  and there shouldn   t be anything to compare if you didn   t make any changes  Click on switching the base  Now GitHub will compare your fork with the original  and you should see all the latest changes  Click on Create a pull request for this comparison and assign a predictable name to your pull request  e g   Update from original   Click on Create pull request  Scroll down and click Merge pull request and finally Confirm merge  If your fork didn   t have any changes  you will be able to merge it automatically

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If there is nothing to lose you could also just delete your fork just go to settings    go to danger zone section below and click delete repository  It will ask you to input the repository name and your password after  After that you just fork the original again

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