How to update a fork repo?

How to update a fork repo?

You fork a GitHub project, how can you sync it with the new changes?

You fork a GitHub project and now there are some new changes added to the project. You want to sync your fork with the original project. How will you do it?

1. Clone the fork locally

git clone

2. Set the original repo as your upstream repo

git remote add upstream

3. Change back to the default branch

git checkout main

4. Fetch the new changes

git fetch upstream

git merge upstream/main

5. Push changes to update your fork main on Github

git push origin main

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