pull a branch from a forked repository

Hamza844 · Mar 10, 2023 · 4f3629d · 4f3629d
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@@ -549,9 +549,11 @@ $git remote show origin
 
 ## add origin
 ```sh
-$git remote add origin "//xxx/yyy/zzz.git"
+$git remote add <remote-name> "//xxx/yyy/zzz.git"
 ```
 
+One can use this method to pull a branch from a forked repository.
+
 ## set origin(change remote url)
 [How to change the URI (URL) for a remote Git repository?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2432764/how-to-change-the-uri-url-for-a-remote-git-repository)
 ```sh