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Keeping a fork up to date
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how to update fork
### 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
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