From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB282C433DB for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FB0E207C9 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726126AbgL2NXA (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Dec 2020 08:23:00 -0500 Received: from mail.eskimo.com ([204.122.16.222]:40178 "EHLO mail.eskimo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725964AbgL2NW7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Dec 2020 08:22:59 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 381 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 29 Dec 2020 08:22:59 EST Received: from eskimo.com (debian.eskimo.com [204.122.16.15]) by mail.eskimo.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 334A7500588; Tue, 29 Dec 2020 05:15:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=eskimo.com; s=default; t=1609247758; bh=tt6X3pG4HBM4QwZrwD/AwMt4ug9hJxLDzhOyaUtda28=; h=From:Date:To:Cc:Subject:From; b=NXVFyBCTVSwI6Zcp7/zLMQv0XQN+MFrtjuB5b3WCsXmED1DWTWtXZ0ppXIQ/CfOAi hD/o32z8tEDvKgbY1JSMm2Xr69jrcgzHeegRI34oz/ARzB6zpa9C2i2HZUCYEhjFb3 oqu1saJZRcUP3Xp7yaPEtXwP34DC+pcWwHLOnW1v6TqcVEmvSNRFmQy4CpkNct+KnP z847zg4L+QRAQX7SOGBgaBwjle52oxUkjiLQgam+j6YKvAGXOjVAS63RoqeU0OAm9d myd4xq1S/ay7Mv28FLDOBS0+C2uWZ30RjKphH2Q5AfNB1qAA9i5LQfknwH2mU8Q6wX a2/P5uibxFvGw== Received: (nullmailer pid 7525 invoked by uid 10926); Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:15:58 -0000 From: scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 08:15:56 -0500 Message-ID: <2020Dec29.0815.scs.0001@quinine2.home> To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: scs@eskimo.com Subject: suggestion for git glossary: upstream, downstream X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.4 at mail.eskimo.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The terms "upstream" and "downstream" are heavily used in much writing about git, with obvious meanings and implications for those who use git regularly, but they're not defined at https://git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary . Perhaps they should be? (Sorry, I'm not nearly experienced enough with git yet to write good definitions myself, though.)