Allow to use upstream branch to checkout when fork is used

[xepozz]

Would be nice to have an ability to use upstream/master when you using a fork. master from fork can be outdated and you will work with outdated code base.

I think it can be configured in packages.php like the following:

return [
    // ....
    'yii-web' => [
        'upstream' => 'yiisoft/yii-web',
        'origin' => 'xepozz/yii-web',
    ],
    // ....
];

or any handy ways.

[rugabarbo]

@xepozz can you describe in detail how you would like to work with upstream? What exactly do you want to do with it with the tool?

[samdark]

That is about pulling changes from upstream/master (original repo) into origin/master (fork). That's common workflow despite the fact that you can directly branch from upstream/master for your pull requests.

[rugabarbo]

That is about pulling changes from upstream/master (original repo) into origin/master (fork). That's common workflow despite the fact that you can directly branch from upstream/master for your pull requests.

But the existing implementation tries to be smart and already pulls from upstream, if the package is a fork:

https://github.com/yiisoft/yii-dev-tool/blob/d8142e8f5a0f4bd678748a60bd2462099138d8cd/src/Command/Git/PullCommand.php#L32-L33

This is why I am trying to understand @xepozz's use case.

[vjik]

@xepozz it's actual?

[xepozz]

Yeap

[DAGpro]

Ага

Do you want to get any branch from the upstream repository, not just the master branch, so the sync command doesn't suit you?

[DAGpro]

Ей

Вы хотите получить любую ветку из вышестоящего репозитория, а не только основную ветку, поэтому команда sync вам не подходит?

@xepozz