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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions book/06-github/sections/2-contributing.asc
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Expand Up @@ -521,14 +521,16 @@ You can automate this work with a bit of configuration:
[source,console]
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$ git remote add progit https://github.com/progit/progit2.git <1>
$ git branch --set-upstream-to=progit/master master <2>
$ git config --local remote.pushDefault origin <3>
$ git fetch progit <2>
$ git branch --set-upstream-to=progit/master master <3>
$ git config --local remote.pushDefault origin <4>
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<1> Add the source repository and give it a name.
Here, I have chosen to call it `progit`.
<2> Set your `master` branch to fetch from the `progit` remote.
<3> Define the default push repository to `origin`.
<2> Get a reference on progit's branches, in particular `master`.
<3> Set your `master` branch to fetch from the `progit` remote.
<4> Define the default push repository to `origin`.

Once this is done, the workflow becomes much simpler:

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