# \[Bug\]\[Documentation\] Translation: "main" is not default, but "release/ulmo.1"

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/bug-documentation-translation-main-is-not-default-but-release-ulmo-1/18770>\
**Category:** Site Operators\
**Created:** [April 10, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/bug-documentation-translation-main-is-not-default-but-release-ulmo-1/18770 "2026-04-10T08:38:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![brian.smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/brian.smith/32/4259_2.png) [@brian.smith](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/brian.smith)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/bug-documentation-translation-main-is-not-default-but-release-ulmo-1/18770/5 "2026-04-13T16:05:02Z")

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To clarify the different ways to use `ATLAS_REVISON`:

- `release/ulmo.1`
  - This is the default for someone running `ulmo.1` in Tutor
  - It comes from `{{ OPENEDX_COMMON_VERSION }}`
  - It is frozen in time (a git tag as opposed to a git branch on the `openedx-translations` repo)
    - This is done to enable reproducible builds.

- `release/ulmo`
  - This is a git branch on the `openedx-translations` repo
  - It will pull the latest translations for the source strings that exist in the `ulmo` named release.

- `main`
  - This is also a git branch on the `openedx-translations` repo
  - This will pull the latest translations for the source strings that exist in the `main`/`master` branches of the repos to be included in the next named Open edX release

While it is quite likely that pulling from `main` will _work_ for `ulmo`, it is also possible for strings that exist in `ulmo` to get removed in `main`, leading to gaps.

#### I recommend setting `ATLAS_REVISION` to `release/ulmo` instead.

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#### Docs that could be updated:

[The `openedx-translations` README](https://github.com/openedx/openedx-translations/tree/release/ulmo?tab=readme-ov-file#open-releaserelease-namemaster-branch) still mentions the branch naming format we used before `teak` (`open-release/<release-name>.master`).

[The Tutor documentation for “Getting and customizing Translations”](https://docs.tutor.edly.io/configuration.html#getting-and-customizing-translations) could probably benefit from mentioning setting `release/<release-name>` (as opposed to `release/<release-name>.x`) as the recommended way to pull updated translations for any given named release.

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