how to pull the changes from main branch to forked branch?

Question

How to pull the changes from the main repository to the forked repository?

forked branch <- main branch

Answer 1

step 1:

Add upstream Git repository

git remote add upstream <PARENT_REPOSITORY_URL>

step 2:

Pull remote upstream branches

git fetch upstream

step 3:

Checkout to the local branch to update

git checkout master

step 4:

Merge the latest changes from the upstream Git repository

git merge upstream/master

Note: Replace master in step3 and step4 with the branch you want to update.