Definition of "downstream" and "upstream"

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Published on 2010-04-29T17:18:21Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 17:27 UTC
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Hey everybody,

I've started playing with Git and have come across the terms "upstream" and "downstream". I've seen these before but never understand them fully. What do these terms mean in the context of SCMs and source code?

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