after I fork a github project, how can I stay current with the original project?

Question

On github, after I fork a project, modify it, then submit my pull request, it seems that I have to delete and re-fork in order to stay current with any changes made after my pul

Answer 1

You should add the original project as a remote to your working copy. Then you can pull changes from the original repository and push them to your forked repository. The commands for this look something like:

git remote add upstream 
git pull upstream master
git push origin