Update the repository remotely by setting
In this tutorial, we will discuss how to set up the central repository as a remote for our local repository so that our branch is updated whenever the central repository changes. We should always perform this step before making edits to our local repository.
Update the repository remotely by setting
Experience:
forkis a separate copy of the central repository that each developer adds to their GitHub account. The next step is to clone the remote repository in our account to our local machine.
We can now work on the files, commit changes and push them to our fork in our GitHub account. The last step is to complete a Pullpull request to update the central repository with the changes in our fork.
The above is a typical workflow when working on a joint project with other developers.
All that's left is to update our local repository with the changes that other developers have pushed to the central repository. How do we do this?
Setting the upstream remote
It is important to update our local repository with the central repository before making edits to avoid merge conflicts. We need to set the central repository as the upstream remote of our local repository.
Follow these orders.
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Go to the central repository and click on
克隆或下载the icon to copy the repository URL. -
Go to the directory.
$ cd ~/Documents/GitHub/DelftStack-participants -
To set the central repository as our local repository as the upstream repository, we run:
$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/Delftstack/Delftscopetech-participants.git -
To update your local repository with the upstream, run the following command.
$ git pull upstream master
Note that we have masterdesignated as the receiving branch.
example:
$ git pull upstream master
remote: Counting objects: 21, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (15/15), done.
remote: Total 21 (delta 14), reused 17 (delta 10), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (21/21), done.
From https://github.com/Delftstack/Delftscopetech-participants.git
74d9b7b..463e6f0 master -> origin/master
Auto-merging _posts/institute-materials/example.md
The above output confirms that we have synchronized our local repository with the central repository. You can run git statusthe command to check the status of our local repository.
Run the git addand git commitcommands to save the changes.
We can now start making edits to the files and committing our changes. To complete the cycle, we must push our changes to our fork in our GitHub account.
$ git push origin master
We have to use this loop when using a central remote repository.
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