diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clone.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clone.py
index ade3c2a739..610ef78ea1 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clone.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clone.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import spack.util.git
 from spack.util.executable import ProcessError
 
-_SPACK_UPSTREAM = "https://github.com/spack/spack"
+_SPACK_UPSTREAM = "https://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/spack.git"
 
 description = "create a new installation of spack in another prefix"
 section = "admin"
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ def get_origin_info(remote):
     try:
         branch = git("symbolic-ref", "--short", "HEAD", output=str)
     except ProcessError:
-        branch = "develop"
+        branch = "adelie"
         tty.warn("No branch found; using default branch: %s" % branch)
-    if remote == "origin" and branch not in ("master", "develop"):
-        branch = "develop"
+    if remote == "origin" and branch not in ("master", "develop", "adelie"):
+        branch = "adelie"
         tty.warn("Unknown branch found; using default branch: %s" % branch)
     try:
         origin_url = git(