Summary - Fork

Combine the fork flow to set up an open source contribution flow.

Summary - Fork Workflow

When contributing to an open-source project, first fork the original repository into your account. Clone your fork to create a local working copy. Add the original repository as upstream and use fetch to track updates.

Fork → Clone → Add upstream
       → Fetch → Prepare changes

Exercise Configure the Upstream Remote

After cloning your fork, write the command that adds the original project as upstream. The original repository URL must be https://github.com/original/sample-app.git.

Test yourself

Which command retrieves new commit information from the original repository?
- git init upstream
- git clone upstream
- git status upstream
- git fetch upstream
Show answer

git fetch upstream — Use git fetch upstream to retrieve new commit information from the upstream remote.

Complete the Fork Contribution Workflow

git clone https://github.com/dev-user/sample-app.git
____
git fetch upstream

Show answer

git clone https://github.com/dev-user/sample-app.git
git remote add upstream https://github.com/original/sample-app.git
git fetch upstream

Match the Fork Workflow

Fork

Copy the project into your account
Clone

Download the fork to your computer
Upstream

Remote connection to original repo
Fetch

Retrieve updates from original repo

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