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Keeping a fork up-to-date
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update-fork-alias
#add this function to ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile
# each time you clone a fork, add the original as 'upstream'
# git remote add upstream git://github.com/REPO_ORG/REPO_NAME.git
# (thanks https://gist.github.com/CristinaSolana/1885435)
# keeps a fork up-to-date from the main repo
function update-fork() {
git fetch upstream
git pull upstream master
git push
}
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