How to avoid merge commits when syncing a fork

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  • The annotated section in the image above shows a merge commit of two parent commits. Here is the link to the merge commit to the image.

  • original

  • $ git remote add upstream https://github.com/com/original/original.git

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  • YOUR_FORK

  • origin https://github.com/your_username/your_fork.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/your_username/your_fork.git (push) upstream https://github.com/original/original.git (fetch) upstream https://github.com/original/original.git (push)

  • original

  • origin https://github.com/your_username/your_fork.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/your_username/your_fork.git (push) upstream https://github.com/original/original.git (fetch) upstream https://github.com/original/original.git (push)

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