Nice point on maintaining consistency!

I also use "upstream" but it is possible that some contributors may already
have upstream pointing to a different repository in that case we might need
to add more context to avoid any confusion .
Looking forward to hearing from the community !

Thanks & Regards,
Pratiksha badheka


On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 8:26 AM Aritra Basu <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > And renaming remotes is easy - so would be quite easy for people to
> > switch
> > > (other than muscle memory).
> > >
> > > WDYT?
> > >
> >
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