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Lord-of-the-Files

A repository for the article Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More), published on Wired.com

3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
248GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

A repository for the article Lord of the Files: How GitHub Tamed Free Software (And More), published on Wired.com

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.

No classified warning is attached to this page. Read the discussions before treating silence as approval.

Also in these discussions

No other repository is repeatedly linked in the same discussions.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by 3-hour interval3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2012-02-21 14:12:10 UTC to 2012-02-25 05:22:28 UTC.

0122012-02-21 12:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-21 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsFeb 21, 12:002012-02-21 15:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-21 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-21 18:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-21 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-21 21:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 03:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 06:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 09:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 12:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 15:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 18:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-22 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-22 21:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-23 03:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-23 06:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsFeb 23, 06:002012-02-23 09:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-23 12:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-23 15:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-23 18:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-23 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-23 21:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 03:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 06:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 09:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 12:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 15:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 18:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-24 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-24 21:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-25 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-25 03:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-25 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 25, 03:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Feb 21, 12:002012-02-21 12:00:00 UTC2012-02-21 15:00:00 UTC202
Feb 21, 15:002012-02-21 15:00:00 UTC2012-02-21 18:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 18:002012-02-21 18:00:00 UTC2012-02-21 21:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 21:002012-02-21 21:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 00:002012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 03:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 03:002012-02-22 03:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 06:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 06:002012-02-22 06:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 09:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 09:002012-02-22 09:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 12:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 12:002012-02-22 12:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 15:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 15:002012-02-22 15:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 18:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 18:002012-02-22 18:00:00 UTC2012-02-22 21:00:00 UTC000
Feb 22, 21:002012-02-22 21:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 00:002012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 03:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 03:002012-02-23 03:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 06:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 06:002012-02-23 06:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 09:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 09:002012-02-23 09:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 12:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 12:002012-02-23 12:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 15:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 15:002012-02-23 15:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 18:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 18:002012-02-23 18:00:00 UTC2012-02-23 21:00:00 UTC000
Feb 23, 21:002012-02-23 21:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 00:002012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 03:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 03:002012-02-24 03:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 06:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 06:002012-02-24 06:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 09:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 09:002012-02-24 09:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 12:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 12:002012-02-24 12:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 15:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 15:002012-02-24 15:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 18:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 18:002012-02-24 18:00:00 UTC2012-02-24 21:00:00 UTC000
Feb 24, 21:002012-02-24 21:00:00 UTC2012-02-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 25, 00:002012-02-25 00:00:00 UTC2012-02-25 03:00:00 UTC000
Feb 25, 03:002012-02-25 03:00:00 UTC2012-02-25 06:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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You also have to consider that conventional version control was designed specifically for programming code where diffs are done per line (as each line in programming typically serves a single purpose, e.g. assigning a variable). With written language however, that is typically less true. You would only put line breaks after paragraphs and such. Most of the line breaks end up being automatic margin wraps which serve no purpose other purpose than helping readability... Unless you work in version control. What you end up doing is making each paragraph a single line which destroys readability if you don't have virtual text wrapping. Case in point: https://github.com/WiredEnterprise/Lord-of-the-Files/blob/ma...
In How Wired Published Its GitHub Story on GitHub

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