# Updating from 6.5 to 7.0?

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/updating-from-6-5-to-7-0/1865
**Category:** archived 🗄
**Created:** 2014-07-03T19:09:31Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @theGuruWithin — 2014-07-03T19:09:31Z

Is there a readme or special instructions to upgrade from 6.5 to 7.0 on  
theme in dev? other than config.php file addition mentioned in 7.0 readme?

“nope, being a starter theme we don’t recommend updating. that said, it wouldn’t take much work to go from 6.5.x to 7.0.0. the forum is the correct place for questions, btw.”

I understand this is starter theme but i am developing theme that i don’t want to be obsolete before i finish.

would a git pull command work to what i forked of 6.5 over at

> **[GitHub - theGuruWithin/neo: WP theme based on Roots.io - Bootstrap - Grunt](https://github.com/theGuruWithin/neo)**
>
> WP theme based on Roots.io - Bootstrap - Grunt. Contribute to theGuruWithin/neo development by creating an account on GitHub.

it is a fork of 6.5 that i have created my safety git for as i dev and create.

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## Post 2 by @cfx — 2014-07-03T19:34:44Z

Assuming you maintained the git files, just cd into your theme directory and do `git fetch --all`

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## Post 3 by @theGuruWithin — 2014-07-03T19:51:44Z

ty for quick response - since i have created my own git to save versions at my

> **[theGuruWithin/neo](https://github.com/theGuruWithin/neo)**
>
> WP theme based on Roots.io - Bootstrap - Grunt. Contribute to theGuruWithin/neo development by creating an account on GitHub.

so how do i tell the local git bash to fetch from

> **[roots/sage](https://github.com/roots/sage)**
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> WordPress starter theme with a modern development workflow - roots/sage

What would be exact command line fetch command with augs etc to bring 6.5 up to 7.0?

sorry for being such newbie but i do learn fast so ty for your help and patience

in gratitude,  
Arthur

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## Post 4 by @cfx — 2014-07-03T20:05:48Z

Check this out: [https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork](https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork)

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## Post 5 by @ben — 2022-02-26T03:20:37Z