git - How to automatically align/sync a forked Github origin/master branch to upstream/master?

Question

Is there a way to automatically sync my forked Github repository's remote master branch (origin/master) to an original Github repository's master branch? (upstream/master)

I ask because I would like my forked remote origin/master branch on Github to always stay up-to-date so that I could save time by not needing to continually pull / rebase & push upstream repository changes into my forked repo's master branch.

Answer 1

It is very easy to sync forked repository but question is how ?

In this example i am using WorldMapGenerator Repository

Go to your forked repository, you can see setting button click on it.

After clicking on setting button you can see Webhooks & services option in left menu click on it.

Then you can see Add Webhook Button on right side just click on it.

After clicking Add Webhook Button, details page will get open, so in detail page yo can see payload url. Enter http://backstroke.us url in it.

Now If any commit goes in main repository, then pull request will come in your forked repository.

That's it enjoy :)

For more details https://github.com/1egoman/backstroke