How to keep your fork up to date with its origin

This post introduces and details the setup of GitLab's repository mirroring feature to automatically keep a fork up-to-date with its upstream repository. It explains the problem of manual updates leading to merge conflicts and presents repository mirroring as a solution. The post outlines the steps to configure mirroring in project settings, including adding the upstream Git repository URL and setting up a mirror user. It also specifies the necessary visibility settings for the upstream project to allow unauthenticated pulls.