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Is there a way to set an upstream repository for an existing GitHub repo that was improperly uploaded and commited to?

i’ve been working on a small coding project with a few friends. In this project, they downloaded an open source online game (Space station 13, if you’re curious) and uploaded their modifications to github as a new Repo. This works fine, but when working with original code, I cannot see history from the original game we downstreamed from, just showing as “Initial commit” since it was a source code uploaded opposed to properly downstreaming their repo. I am wondering, would it be possible to set the original repo as an upstream now, or would it be pretty much impossible at this point? (there’s like 5 years of commits and I joined the group relatively recently.)

How is it best to update a project when updates are provided as an archive?

During the project, we encountered an issue with updates being delivered as an archive while work on the project is ongoing simultaneously. We are planning to improve the update process using patches, but there are concerns about potential conflicts between the changes in the project and the updates from the archive.