How to Keep a Downstream git Repository Current with Upstream Repository Changes

This article demonstrates how to keep a downstream repository current with upstream repository changes as you perform work.

A downstream repository (aka a “fork”) maintainer commonly needs to stay current with upstream work. The following steps allow you to achieve this on the command line in a local git repository.

This step defines the upstream repository of your fork.

From your master branch, use the following merge command to merge the upstream master branch changes into your local source:

Create a branch off of the master branch that will include the new work. While working in the master branch, execute the following (with any appropriate branch name in quotes):

Here, we defined the branch feature-new-stuff and will perform work there.

Follow the standard local repository workflow of file changes with git add + git commit steps for the files.

When you are ready to push changes to your remote fork of the upstream repository, use the following:

Your local and remote downstream repositories are now current with your local feature-new-stuff changes and this branch is current with the upstream repository changes as of the time of the merge step above.

You can check out your master branch and repeat the process above whenever you need to update your repository with the work that has occurred upstream since the last merge was performed.

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