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Git/Github fork-pull request-update cycle

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

When contributing to Open Source Projects, new contributors often run into problems of having multiple merge commits and issues with keeping the forked repo in sync. This post addresses solutions for some of the problems.
19th Feb 2016

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