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🐟 Toward river source 💻 Main code source 🌊 Opposite river flow 🔄 From main project
upstream

upstream

6 6.8
The main project where original developers keep and update the code
  • noun
  • /ˈʌpˌstrim/
  • Specialized
translation icon : repositorio principal
  • Contributors can find the latest updates by checking the upstream project on GitHub.
  • upstream and downstream

You could try to integrate upstream or you could do things I haven't thought of.

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Examples

  • Habitat loss in upstream reaches combined with altered flow conditions from dams may reduce larval outmigration.

    Academic text (2013)

  • To ensure compatibility, always merge your modifications with the upstream version before releasing.

  • For Bernalillo County, looking "upstream" means looking at land use and how land use might affect health.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The industry is divided into two sectors: the upstream and the downstream.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Some nurse scholars have conceptualized social justice work as an "upstream" approach to health.

    Academic text (2011)

  • We established water sampling sites to assess water quality upstream of, within, and downstream of the study area.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Gradual siltation caused by land clearing upstream eventually prevented large steam vessels from navigating the river channel.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Elevated microbial pathogen abundances caused by floodwaters in the upstream areas had a deleterious effect on human health.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The developers submitted their code changes to the upstream repository for review.

Synonyms

repository
vsupstream
  • Specialized
15 4.4

A digital place on the internet where code and files are stored

is the primary central source that receives and sends changes
repo
vsupstream
  • Jargon
3 4.2

A place online where developers keep and manage code

is the main central project that contributors send patches or pull requests to

How Central

upstream
  • Specialized
6 6.8
branch
  • Specialized
32 5.7
fork
  • Specialized
5 6.9

Surface Forms

upstream singular
upstreams plural

Morphology

upstream = stream (semi-transparent) = up + stream

The computing sense is a metaphorical extension of the physical 'upstream' (toward the origin); it is intelligible once the flow metaphor is known but requires domain knowledge. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Upstream uses up ('toward the source') and stream ('a flow'), and people picture code like a river. So in computing the upstream is the main source where changes start and others pull from.