1.  List the current configured remote repository for your fork.

  2. git remote -v
    origin  https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (fetch)
    origin  https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (push)
    

  3. Specify a new remote upstream repository that will be synced with the fork.

    git remote add upstream https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git
    
  4. Verify the new upstream repository you've specified for your fork.

    git remote -v
    origin    https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (fetch)
    origin    https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_FORK.git (push)
    upstream  https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git (fetch)
    upstream  https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git (push)

2.
  1. Fetch the branches and their respective commits from the upstream repository. Commits to master will be stored in a local branch, upstream/master.

    git fetch upstream
    remote: Counting objects: 75, done.
    remote: Compressing objects: 100% (53/53), done.
    remote: Total 62 (delta 27), reused 44 (delta 9)
    Unpacking objects: 100% (62/62), done.
    From https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY
     * [new branch]      master     -> upstream/master
    
  2. Check out your fork's local master branch.

    git checkout master
    Switched to branch 'master'
    
  3. Merge the changes from upstream/master into your local master branch. This brings your fork's master branch into sync with the upstream repository, without losing your local changes.

    git merge upstream/master
    Updating a422352..5fdff0f
    Fast-forward
     README                    |    9 -------
     README.md                 |    7 ++++++
     2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
     delete mode 100644 README
     create mode 100644 README.md
    

    If your local branch didn't have any unique commits, Git will instead perform a "fast-forward":

    git merge upstream/master
    Updating 34e91da..16c56ad
    Fast-forward
     README.md                 |    5 +++--
     1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)