Synchronize your local repository with a remote repository in Git
This article outlines the process of syncing your local repository with a remote repository. We will also see how to sync a GitHub branch with a remote repository on the command line.
Synchronize your local repository with a remote repository in Git
Suppose we have a local repository and an upstream repository and want to synchronize the two. How do we do that?
If you are not sure how to add the upstream repository to your local repository, follow the steps below.
You can check the configured remote repository using the command below.
$ git remote -v
origin https://github.com/Wachira11ke/Delftscopetech.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/Wachira11ke/Delftscopetech.git (push)
To configure upstream, run:
$ git add upstream <URL for the original upstream repo>
We can now pull from upstream using the following command.
$ git pull upstream --prune
--pruneoption will remove remote tracking branches that no longer exist in the remote. This will merge the changes into your current branch.
If you are not syncing with upstream but with the GitHub repository, run:
git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/master
git clean -f -d
Your local branches should be exact copies of your remote branches (commits and files).
If you want to merge into your local master branch, make sure it is checked out before pulling.
We can now update our GitHub branch by running:
$ git push
In summary, you can easily synchronize your local repository with a remote repository. Add --prunethe -d remote-tracking-branches flag to remove remote-tracking branches from your local repository that no longer exist in the remote.
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