How to work through github correctly?

Question

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Hello everyone, there is a remote repository that I cloned, created a new branch and add some functionality to it, but what if there were changes in the master branch, and I get a branch without changes, if I merge into the master, then everything new changes in the master branch will be lost?

Answer 1

Make a pool of the updated master in your repository, then merge the changes into a branch with your work.

Answer 2

Branching in Git - Basics of branching and merging