Sync a fork of a repository to keep it up-to-date with the upstream repository.
Before you can sync your fork with an upstream repository, you must configure a remote that points to the upstream repository in Git.
- Open Terminal.
- Change the current working directory to your local project.
- 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 upstreamremote: Counting objects: 75, done.remote: Compressing objects: 100% (53/53), done.remote: Total 62 (delta 27), reused 44 (delta 9)Unpacking objects: 100% (62/62), done.From https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY * [new branch] master -> upstream/master
- Check out your fork's local
master branch.- git checkout masterSwitched to branch 'master'
- Merge the changes from
upstream/master into your local master branch. This brings your fork's master branch into sync with the upstream repository, without losing your local changes.- git merge upstream/masterUpdating a422352..5fdff0fFast-forward README | 9 ------- README.md | 7 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md
- If your local branch didn't have any unique commits, Git will instead perform a "fast-forward":
- git merge upstream/masterUpdating 34e91da..16c56adFast-forward README.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Tip: Syncing your fork only updates your local copy of the repository. To update your fork on GitHub, you must push your changes.