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Are there limitations on this? i.e. does it apply only to cases where you have not added commits, merges, pull requests, or had pull requests merged into upstream since the last update?
– LightCC
Commented Sep 11, 2017 at 7:30
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it does work like a normal pull from a remote branch. If you did X commits on your local repo and now you are Y commits behind the original repo, it will bring the Y commits to your local branch and, probably, get you some conflicts to resolve.
– Rafael Z. B. Bravo
Commented Sep 11, 2017 at 20:23
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@LightCC This is not different than pulling from a previously added remote at all, except for the fact that you haven't added a remote. So the disadvantage is that you'll have to enter the full repository URL everytime you want to pull.
– Marc.2377
Commented Apr 17, 2019 at 2:34
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This is a perfect solution if you don't have to pull many times from the original repo, or the project forked is relatively simple.
– AxeEffect
Commented Apr 28, 2020 at 22:41

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