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See also for german law: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be maintained anymore.

comment by amai · 2026-10-28 · in Git for the US Code

…to Markdown documents, but the repo is a bit dormant: - https://okfn.de/en/projekte/bundesgit - https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze

comment by rzzzt · 2026-09-17 · in Astra for Law

Also see the german parliament’s laws repository on Github: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze

comment by solarkraft · 2026-07-29 · in Axiom Foundation launches to publish law as open, verifiable code

…der folgenden Vorschriften > Die §§ 3 bis 53 gelten im Spannungs- oder Verteidigungsfall. See: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze/blob/master/w/wehrpflg/... Now it says this: > § 2 Anwendung dieses Gesetzes > (1) Die nachfolgenden…

comment by haukem · 2026-04-03 · in German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad

The German parliament even has an official git repository: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze Looks like it's been abandoned, though. :(

comment by codethief · 2026-03-28 · in Spanish legislation as a Git repo

…blame` on the laws and even see which president signed-off that change. Sadly, it is unmaintained. https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze

comment by nikeee · 2025-03-25 · in German parliament votes as a Git contribution graph

…if plain old git would do the job. I've heard Germany already does this, but when I looked at https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze it didn't look like this was representative of what I would assume to be the full extent of German…

comment by indigochill · 2022-09-09 · in Congress.gov API

…Python script which commits Swiss federal law as MD-file into a repo through GitHub actions.[2] [1] https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze [2] https://github.com/quadratecode/ch-law-tracker

comment by quadratecode · 2022-09-08 · in Congress.gov API

…Similarly, the entire German Federal law can be found on Github: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze

comment by Deukhoofd · 2022-05-17 · in Ask HN: Why hasn't Git been adopted outside of software engineering?

Consider github. German and French law is already there. https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze https://github.com/steeve/france.code-civil

comment by emmelaich · 2018-10-30 · in Three hundred and sixty years of United States caselaw

Late 2012: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze

comment by throwawayish · 2017-01-20 · in GitHub for Lawyers (2013)

…translations, like http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ And thanks to that, volunteer efforts like https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze#german-federal-laws-and... can be possible and legal. Why does US law have to be costly?

comment by kuschku · 2016-02-12 · in Online legal publishers squabble over the right to copyright the law

You mean, like https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze#german-federal-laws-and... is for Germany? (That link is to a volunteer project to represent the German law, sourced from the official site at http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ , as…

comment by kuschku · 2016-02-12 · in Online legal publishers squabble over the right to copyright the law

It has happened before. Some examples are: - German federal law and regulations: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze - DMCA takedown notices: https://github.com/github/dmca - Map of US districts: https://github.com/benbalter/congressional-…

comment by jschulenklopper · 2016-01-11 · in Open Guide to Equity Compensation

…was converted to Markdown. However, some diffs might have tracked changes in the laws, as this one: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze/commit/3c1bada22f08b4e0... I suspect the author ran the converter a few times and then abandoned it.…

comment by AlbertoGP · 2015-03-31 · in French civil code now on GitHub

…»Verordnung über Qualitätsnormen für Bananen (QNormBanV)« [1], quality standards for bananas. [1] https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze/blob/master/q/qnormbanv...

comment by danbruc · 2015-03-31 · in French civil code now on GitHub

thomasbachem noted german laws and regulations are already there at https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze , with an amazing org avatar: https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1994383 A quick github search indicates that Taiwan's laws…

comment by masklinn · 2015-03-31 · in French civil code now on GitHub

All German federal laws and regulations are here: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze I do especially like the GitHub avatar: https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1994383 ;)

comment by thomasbachem · 2015-03-31 · in French civil code now on GitHub

…on github.[2] [0] http://legisltion.gov.uk/ [1] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/developer/formats [2] https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze

comment by M2Ys4U · 2014-07-20 · in My Uber got pulled over by the Denver police – and then things got really weird

In Germany we solved this problem by converting the XML into readable markdown first: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze/commit/f90e8fc8eb20f081... (see also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6137337 )

comment by vog · 2013-07-31 · in The entire US Code is now online in XML

…some enthusiasts regularily download stuff from there and apply those to a Git repository: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze That way, this repository contains not only the current laws, but also the history of how the laws developed!…

comment by vog · 2013-07-31 · in The entire US Code is now online in XML

We actually have something similar in germany, called the "Bundesgit" ( https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze )

comment by TsiCClawOfLight · 2013-07-31 · in The entire US Code is now online in XML

There exists something similar for the German law: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze Fully converted to markdown and the best: You are encouraged to open pull request. Of course only valid legislation voted on by the Bundestag will be…

comment by janerik · 2013-01-25 · in Git repository of New Zealand legislation

…the repo and sending a pull request. [1] In summary: no revolutionary shift but a nice tool. [1] https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze/pull/2/files

comment by raphman · 2012-08-08 · in Germany's laws on github, machine-readable and ready to be forked