GoKawiil🇺🇸 United States Code as a Git Repository
The entire United States Code — every title, chapter, and section — stored as Markdown in a Git repository. Each commit represents a point-in-time snapshot of federal law, with git diff revealing exactly what changed between enactments.
Laws change. Understanding what changed and when has historically required navigating dense legal databases or reading legislative summaries written by someone else. Git solves this naturally:
git log — see the history of federal law from 2013 to present
— see the history of federal law from 2013 to present git diff — see exactly what text changed between any two points in time
— see exactly what text changed between any two points in time git blame — trace when a specific provision was added
— trace when a specific provision was added Tags — jump to a specific Congress or year
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uscode/ ├── title-01-general-provisions/ │ ├── _title.md # Title metadata │ ├── chapter-001-rules-of-construction.md │ ├── chapter-002-acts-and-resolutions-...md │ └── ... ├── title-02-the-congress/ ├── title-03-the-president/ ├── ... └── title-54-national-park-service-and-related-programs/
53 titles of the United States Code
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