如何从远程主存储库跟踪更改并使用git pull？

Question

I forked a group repository to my own personal repository.

Instead of keeping my forked repository up to date using:

$ git co master
$ git fetch upstream
$ git rebase upstream/master

Is there a way I can set up my forked repository to track changes from the remote master repository and do something simple like this?

$ git co master
$ git pull

Answer 1

Is there a way I can set up my forked repository to track changes from the remote master repository and do something simple like this?

Not on GitHub . If you have access to a VPS you could create a Cronjob that performs the first task for you automatically.

Answer 2

You can set up a different push and pull origin if you want to: First set URL of the original one

$ git remote set-url origin url-to-the-original/global.git Then set the push origin to your forked one

$ git remote set-url --push origin url-to-fork/forked.git

Answer 3

You can set for the checked out branch a remote tracking branch:

$ git branch -u <remote_name>/<remote_branch>

In most cases this will be:

$ git branch -u origin/master

Every subsequent git pull will automatically use this remote branch.

For rebasing you can use the -r flag of pull

$ git pull -r