retrography
11/17/2015 - 4:29 PM

Setting remote and upstream for a clone/fork

Setting remote and upstream for a clone/fork

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List the current configured remote repository for your fork.

git remote -v
# origin  https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (fetch)
# origin  https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (push)

Specify a new remote upstream repository that will be synced with the fork.

git remote add upstream https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git

Verify the new upstream repository you've specified for your fork.

git remote -v
# origin    https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (fetch)
# origin    https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (push)
# upstream  https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
# upstream  https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git (push)