I use upstream for apache/airflow and origin for personal forks as it's a
pretty common github convention

Best,
Piyush


On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM Wei Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm also using "apache" for "apache/airflow". (but I use "upstream" for all
> other projects...) Either way kinda works for me. like "apache" a bit more,
> but I'm ok with "upstream".
>
> Best,
> Wei
>
> Shahar Epstein <[email protected]> 於 2026年4月21日週二 下午2:52寫道:
>
> > Personally I'm used to "apache" as the upstream name, but I could live
> with
> > "upstream".
> >
> >
> > Shahar
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 2:24 AM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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