I'm good with upstream and origin, that's what I already use. Though I
don't know if that additional info adds value in the docs.

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Regards,
Aritra Basu

On Tue, 21 Apr 2026, 5:19 am Jarek Potiuk, <[email protected]> wrote:

> > I'm fine with whatever, and not trying to bikeshed, but why not use
> `airflow` and `origin`?
>
> Because both are technically airflow :) . Upstream is pretty unambiguous.
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM Ferruzzi, Dennis <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm fine with whatever, and not trying to bikeshed, but why not use
> > `airflow` and `origin`?
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> > Hello,
> >
> > While preparing release documentation, I noticed that we use quite
> > different approaches for remote naming in various examples and tutorials.
> >
> > Standardizing on those remotes would be easier for both new contributors
> > and agents; currently, we have some instruction on how to find the righ
> > remotes.
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> > I would like to propose very simple approach:
> >
> > * *upstream* -> apache/airflow
> > * *origin* -> your fork
> >
> > We could add instructions for checking out and adding airflow to follow
> the
> > convention. This would also make our documentation more consistent and
> > agent-followable, reducing back-and-forth.
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> > And renaming remotes is easy - so would be quite easy for people to
> switch
> > (other than muscle memory).
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> > WDYT?
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