Aptivi6d ago

Fixing WinGetCreate fork synchronization issue when submitting a WinGet manifest

WinGet is a package manager that is made by Microsoft for modern Windows systems. It simplifies application installation by downloading it from official sources without having to manually search the web. There are also helpers that make installation using WinGet much easier, such as UniGetUI.

When you are an application developer and you are submitting WinGet manifests using WinGetCreate, it uses the GitHub API to fork the winget-pkgs repository to your GitHub account to make submission faster. However, one day, you might run into this error message when you’re trying to submit a manifest:

PS C:\Users\aptiv\manifests\a\Aptivi\BassBoom\1.0.0> wingetcreate submit C:\Users\aptiv\manifests\a\Aptivi\BassBoom\1.0.0 Manifest validation succeeded: True Submitting pull request for manifest... The forked repository could not be synced with the upstream commits. Sync your fork manually and try again.

This message means that your fork has become so outdated that WinGetCreate couldn’t safely submit your manifest to create a pull requests for inclusion to the WinGet repository. This is clearly indicated in the message: The forked repository could not be synced with the upstream commits. Sync your fork manually and try again.

In order to fix this, you’ll have to manually synchronize your fork. Follow the below steps:

  • Open your GitHub account, and search for your fork of winget-pkgs. For example, our fork of winget-pkgs is found under AptiviCEO/winget-pkgs.
    • You can search your fork with this URL: https://github.com/<ACCOUNT>?tab=repositories&q=winget-pkgs&type=&language=&sort=
  • Press Sync Fork. You should see the below message saying that your fork is out of date.
  • Press Update Branch. Your fork should then be synchronized to the latest commit that is pushed to the main repository, microsoft/winget-pkgs. Verify that your fork is up to date like the below picture:
  • Now, submit your package again using WinGetCreate. If everything is OK, you should be able to submit a manifest, just like below:
    • PS C:\Users\aptiv\manifests\a\Aptivi\BassBoom\1.0.0> wingetcreate submit C:\Users\aptiv\manifests\a\Aptivi\BassBoom\1.0.0 Manifest validation succeeded: True Submitting pull request for manifest... Pull request can be found here: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/pull/367938
  • Verify that your pull request is created successfully with the expected contents. For example, the BassBoom v1.0 pull request has been created.
  • At this point, wait for the moderation team to give a review on your pull request.

    • If you are still experiencing failures when pushing manifests to WinGet’s official repository using WinGetCreate, let us know!

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    Aptivi6d ago

    If you are experiencing fork sync issues with WinGetCreate, synchronize your fork of winget-pkgs to fix them!

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    https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/fixing-wingetcreate-fork-synchronization-issue-when-submitting-a-winget-manifest/

    Fixing WinGetCreate fork synchronization issue when submitting a WinGet manifest

    WinGet is a package manager that is made by Microsoft for modern Windows systems. It simplifies application installation by downloading it from official sources without having to manually search th…

    Aptivi