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Asked: 2026-06-10T00:53:04+00:00

Let’s say I have a Github repository. I make a clone of the original.

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Let’s say I have a Github repository.

  1. I make a clone of the original.
  2. I fork the Github repository to make a second repository.
  3. I make a change to the clone of the original. Push those changes to Github.
  4. I now want to pull in the changes referred to in step 2 above into the forked repository.

Is this possible with Github (not using git)?

I know that I can add a second remote (the fork) on my cloned repository, and then push changes up there as well (related answer here), but I am curious if there’s an alternate method that Github provides to push changes out to forked copies of your repos.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As far as I know it has to be done via Git.

    Remember that pulling a remote involves merges and potentially conflict resolution as well, so in order to pull/merge/push between repos, you need access to Git’s merge/conflict resolution machinery. There’s no point in Github exposing its own (inevitably complex) interface for it, since you might as well just do it locally via Git.

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