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22. Syncing a fork with upstream
Keeping a fork up to date by fetching from upstream and merging or rebasing changes into your forked main branch.
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Syncing a fork with upstream
Keeping your fork's main branch up-to-date with the original repository by bringing in new commits from upstream.
"I forked a repo to contribute, but my fork is stuck several commits behind—how do I catch up without breaking my PRs?"
Fetch new commits from the original repository (upstream) and integrate them into your fork's main branch locally, then push the updated main to your fork on GitHub.
"I forked a repo to contribute, but my fork is stuck several commits behind—how do I catch up without breaking my PRs?"
Fetch new commits from the original repository (upstream) and integrate them into your fork's main branch locally, then push the updated main to your fork on GitHub.