Merge changes from remote github repository to your local repository
Solution 1
git remote add {name} {Public Clone URL}
git pull {name} master
git push
Example:
git remote add bret git://github.com/bret/watir.git
git pull bret master
git push
Solution 2
Simply add original repo as a remote and merge your fork with it; then push merged fork to github.
There's also a ruby gem for easier github operations. You can merge upstream with one call...
Solution 3
Syncing a fork
(from GitHub Help)
https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork
Solution 4
git pull origin master
will do the job creating additional merge commit. If you do not have conflicts and do not want to create a rejoin (with additional 'merge' commit) for every commit that you push then rebase
is more preferred. You can do it with the Git Gui+gitk. Just fetch remote with Git Gui
then open history with gitk
and create temporary r_master
branch at remotes/origin/master
fetched. Finally, call git rebase r_master
in the git bash
. This will place your commits on top of the remote modifications. You are ready to push and remove the r_master
.
This comment suggests that there are shortcuts for this flow.
Željko Filipin
Freelance software engineer. International contractor at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Updated on October 03, 2020Comments
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Željko Filipin over 3 years
I have forked a repository on github some time ago, made a small change and pushed the change back to my github fork. The original repository has changed since. I would like to merge the changes from the original repository to my fork.
I am new to both git and github, and I need specific commands how to do it.
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Željko Filipin almost 15 yearsI see that I forgot to add that I am new to git and github, and that I need specific commands how to do it. Thanks for github-gem, but that is overkill for me.
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holms over 12 yearsin here people must use commands/code samples. words doesn't help on stackoverflow.
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Eric Douglas over 8 yearsBefore we need to Configuring a remote for a fork: help.github.com/articles/configuring-a-remote-for-a-fork