How to fetch upstream changes in git easily

It is quite common to update your git fork repository with the upstream changes.

Here it is the workflow I use to keep synchronize my branch with Octopress.

• First of all, we should configure the remotes. {% codeblock %} $ git remote add upstream git://github.com/imathis/octopress.git {% endcodeblock %}

• Check the remotes

  {% codeblock %} $ git remote {% endcodeblock %}

• Merge/Rebase the changes

  {% codeblock %} $ git fetch origin -v $ git fetch upstream -v $ git merge upstream/master {% endcodeblock %}

If you prefere you can create an alias in your .gitconfig. {% codeblock %} [alias] pull_upstream = !“git fetch origin -v; git fetch upstream -v; git merge upstream/master” {% endcodeblock %}

Now git pull_upstream will fetch the changes of both remotes, and the merge in the upstream changes.