I would like to synchronize a forked GitHub repo with the original using the GitHub web interface.

[Most](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18824956/updating-forked-github-repo-to-match-originals-latest-code-and-commits) of the [solutions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4169832/update-my-github-repo-which-is-forked-out-from-another-project) on the web talk about doing this on the command-line.

I found the following two threads with the solution I needed -

* [update github fork from web only (in other words WITHOUT GIT!)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22318145/update-github-fork-from-web-only-in-other-words-without-git)
* <https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/28998/>

I am able to successfully create a pull request for the forked repo and merge it. However this transaction is recorded as an additional commit in the forked repo.

Now if I compare the original one with the fork this additional commit shows up -

![](https://i.imgur.com/kcUsezC.png)

Original repo - <https://github.com/linode/docs>  

Forked repo - <https://github.com/jesinwp/docs>