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Updating your fork

Sebastien Boissiere [SSW] edited this page Dec 18, 2020 · 7 revisions

Why do I need to Update my fork?

Your fork is a copy of the original repository and it doesn't automatically receive updates when changes are made.
To get the latest changes from SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content into your fork, you will need to sync them manually.
Below are two ways of updating your fork with the original repository.

Method 1: Update your fork using Git

  1. Clone the fork to your local machine with git by running the below command, replacing YOUR-USERNAME with your GitHub account name.
git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/SSW.Rules.Content
  1. Add the main branch of SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content as a remote
cd SSW.Rules.Content  
git remote add --track main upstream git://github.com/SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content.git
  1. Pull the latest changes from SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content and merge them into your fork
git fetch upstream  
git checkout main  
git merge upstream/main
  1. Push your updated fork to GitHub
git pull  
git push
  1. Done! Your fork is now up to date

Method 2: Update your fork using GitHub

  1. Navigate to your fork of SSW.Rules.Content Pull requests
    Figure: Check that it has YourAccountName/SSW.Rules.Content on the left and click the "Pull requests" tab on the right

  2. Click "New pull request"

This screen may look familiar as this is how we normally make a Pull Request from our fork back to the base Repository.
We want to reverse this so that any changes that have been made on SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content are synced with our fork.
To do this we will create a Pull Request back into our fork.

New pull request
Figure: Click "New pull request"

  1. Change the base repository to your fork New pull request
    Figure: Change the base repository

  2. Compare the changes across forks
    You'll receive a message saying "There isn't anything to compare". This is because our source and destination are the same.
    Click "compare across forks"
    New pull request
    Figure: Click "compare across forks"

  3. Change the head repository to SSWConsulting/SSW.Rules.Content (Where we are pulling from)
    New pull request
    Figure: Change the head repository

  4. Click "Create pull request"
    New pull request
    Figure: Click "Create pull request"

  5. Add a name for the pull request and click "Create pull request"
    New pull request
    Figure: Add a name for the pull request and click "Create pull request"

  6. Click "Merge Pull Request"
    New pull request
    Figure: Click "Merge Pull Request"

  7. Click "Confirm merge"
    New pull request
    Figure: Click "Confirm merge"

New pull request
Figure: Pull request is merged

  1. Congratulations!! Your fork is up to date!
    New pull request
    Figure: The fork is up to date

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