How to pull new updates for forked repository in github?

Question

I have forked some one repository in github, but can i get the updates from the origin repository later?

Answer 1

Yes.

You have to add the original repository (the one you forked) as a remote

From the GitHub fork man page:

Once the clone is complete your repo will have a remote named “origin” that points to your fork on github.
Don’t let the name confuse you, this does not point to the original repo you forked from. To help you keep track of that repo we will add another remote named “upstream”:

$ cd github-services
$ git remote add upstream git://github.com/pjhyett/github-services.git
$ git fetch upstream

You have also a ruby gem which can facilitate those GitHub operations.