1. Clone your fork: git clone git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git 2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository: cd into/cloned/fork-repo git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git git fetch upstream 3. Updating your fork from original repo to keep up with their changes: git pull upstream master Original post