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Gabriel
Gabriel

Reputation: 1751

How do I sync all new upstream branches with my fork?

Sometime ago I forked a git repo. Since then there has been several new commits to the master branch. https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/ explains how to sync the upstream master branch with the local master branch and then push those commits to my fork.

However it does not mention how to sync new upstream branches. When I originally forked the project on github it looks like it brought over all of the then current branches.

I've seen explanations on how to sync one branch at a time. Is there any way to sync all of the branches new and old all at once?

I haven't made any commits to my fork. Thus I am looking for a fast forward sync.

Edit: Another way to say this:

I want

git ls-remote origin

to match

git ls-remote upstream

This would include branches and tags.

Upvotes: 14

Views: 15255

Answers (2)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1323363

However it does not mention how to sync new upstream branches

All you need to do is:

git fetch upstream

It supposes you have a remote repository referenced as upstream.
If not:

git remote add upstream <upstream_url>

That will fetch or update all the upstream branches and store them in your local repo, in the upstream namespace.

You can see those branches with:

git branch -avv

it it doesn't let me push all of the upstream branches to origin.

For that, you need to make a local branch based on any upstream branch you want to push to origin:

git branch abranch upstream/abranch
gut push -u origin abranch

See more at "git - create local branch from existing remote branch".

To do so for all branches, see "Pull all branches from remote through it's mirror bare remote".
Or, better: "Track all remote git branches as local branches".
Simply use "upstream" instead of origin.

Upvotes: 14

Suyash
Suyash

Reputation: 335

Do the following:

  1. List all your remote repositories to confirm if you have an upstream (parent/original) repository there or not:

    git remote -v

  2. If you don't see the original remote repository, add it by typing the command below. This is normally called 'upstream' unlike 'origin' which would be your forked remote repository.

    git remote add upstream <path of the original remote respository>

  3. Verify it's added as remote called 'upstream' and confirm it listed for both 'fetch' and 'push' operations.

    git remote -v

  4. Fetch the newly (after your fork) created branches locally:

    git fetch upstream

  5. List all the branches to confirm that you can see newly created branches

    git branch -a

Now you can locally check out the branch to work on it as needed.

Upvotes: 2

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