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Keeping a fork up to date
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Syncing a fork

1. Clone your fork using one of the following options:

a. SSH

git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

b. HTTP

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository using one of the following:

a. Using SSH:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-NAME-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream

b. Using HTTP:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream https://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-NAME-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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