8. Updating your fork

Why do I need to Update my fork?

Your fork is a copy of the original repository and it doesn't automatically receive updates when changes are made.
To get the latest changes from SSWConsulting/SSW.People.Profiles into your fork, you will need to sync them manually.
Below are two ways of updating your fork with the original repository.

Method 1: Update your fork using Git

1. Clone the fork to your local machine with git by running the below command, replacing YOUR-USERNAME with your GitHub account name.

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/SSW.People.Profiles

2. Add the main branch of SSWConsulting/SSW.People.Profiles as a remote

   cd SSW.People.Profiles  
   git remote add --track main upstream git://github.com/SSWConsulting/SSW.People.Profiles.git

3. Pull the latest changes from SSWConsulting/SSW.People.Profiles and merge them into your fork

   git fetch upstream  
   git checkout main  
   git merge upstream/main

4. Push your updated fork to GitHub

   git pull  
   git push

5. Done! Your fork is now up to date

Method 2: Update your fork using GitHub

1. Navigate to your fork of SSW.People.Profiles
   
   Figure: Check that it has YourAccountName/SSW.People.Profiles on the left and click the "Pull requests" tab on the right

2. Click "New pull request"

   This screen may look familiar as this is how we normally make a Pull Request from our fork back to the base Repository.
   We want to reverse this so that any changes that have been made on SSWConsulting/SSW.People.Profiles are synced with our fork.
   To do this we will create a Pull Request back into our fork.

   
   Figure: Click "New pull request"

3. Change the base repository to your fork
   Figure: Change the base repository

4. Compare the changes across forks
   You'll receive a message saying "There isn't anything to compare". This is because our source and destination are the same.
   Click "compare across forks"
   Figure: Click "compare across forks"

5. Change the head repository to SSWConsulting/SSW.People.Profiles (Where we are pulling from)
   
   Figure: Change the head repository

6. Click "Create pull request"
   
   Figure: Click "Create pull request"

7. Add a name for the pull request and click "Create pull request"
   Figure: Add a name for the pull request and click "Create pull request"

8. Click "Merge Pull Request"
   Figure: Click "Merge Pull Request"

9. Click "Confirm merge"
   Figure: Click "Confirm merge"

   Figure: Pull request is merged

10. Congratulations!! Your fork is up to date!
    Figure: The fork is up to date

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