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		eru on Oct 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Constitution – A Git repo with history of edits The actual writing of the words is usually outsourced. Quite a few people are involved in that. Clerks, lobbyists, lawyers, etc. Even the reading of the laws that lawmakers vote on is outsourced. (Ie lawmakers often don't read what they vote on.)

he_the_great on Oct 27, 2019 | [–]

That is why you have merge request approvers and the merger. The work can be authored by many because each makes small contributions.

You can even have multiple protected branches where "policy makers" merge the work from their lawyer.

thrownaway954 on Oct 24, 2019 | [–]

dude... stop over thinking it.

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