Forked project + Git branches syncing issues

Question

I'm working on an open source project on GitHub and I have some issues. My origin/branch is up to date with the project and when I make pull requests from it, it compares with the good branch of the project. That part works wonders. Where it gets confusing is here: I have created numerous branches from the same point where I started working on my remote origin project. Then I made some changes and wanted to make a pull request.

The thing is: the new branches I created are too old to be compared with the project, GitHub tells me there's over 250 commits in the pull request I'm making. What I don't understand, since the branches (5) that I created come from the same point in time like the remote origin/branch that I'm working on, why are my branches too old ?

I'm working with someone who would like(and I concur) create pull requests for only a single feature. The idea behind the my many branches was to have the feedback as quickly as possible instead of opening one and waiting.

I tried updating my forked project using this : How to update GitHub forked repository? but I haven't yet found the proper solution for my branches and how to make sure this situation does not happen to me in the future.

Answer 1

You will need rebase forked copy. This happens when your fork is out of sync with remote upstream. Following helped me.

• git checkout master
• git fetch upstream
• git checkout
• git rebase master
• git log master (check if commits from remote master are appearing)
• git push -u origin -f (You need to do force push)