Blogger Alan Yahya proposes Git-style version control for the US Code
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Blogger Alan Yahya proposes Git-style version control for the US Code

The gist

Blogger Alan Yahya built a Git-style record of US Code changes, reproducing 361 of 365 exactly.
Lawyers and language models both struggle to trace which version of a law applies.

How it unfolded

  1. 2019The definition of a small business debtor in 11 USC § 1182(1) was created with the existing small business debt limit.
  2. Mar 2020The CARES Act raised the small business debt limit to $7.5 million as a temporary measure.
  3. Mar 27, 2022The temporary increase lapsed.

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