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Glossary
Your own copy of a repository that you otherwise do not own. Often used in open source software development to make contributions through a pull request.
A pull request (PR) is the mechanism by which contributions made on a fork are submitted for review by the upstream maintainer(s). If the changes are accepted, they are merged into upstream. If more work is needed, a discussion may follow in the pull request, similarly to how developers communicate in an issue.
An update can refer to a minor software update. Under semantic versioning, minor and patch releases are considered "minor updates".
An update can also refer to the process of updating a cached list, as in brew update or apt-get update.
An upgrade is the process of replacing old software with a new version. In some cases, upgrading minor versions is called an update.
Under semantic versioning, major releases are upgrades.
Refers to the parent of a fork. After you fork, "upstream" refers to the repository from which the fork was created.
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