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Comment by pierrebeaucamp | Hacker News Reader

I know he gave credit in the README, but why does this ~30 line shell script need its own repo? Seems more like a cheap grab for Github Stars rather than to provide actual value.

Edit: Even the screenshot is from Paul...

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A bit ago, I had indicated this script should be more accessible than copying two separate files out of my dotfiles repo: https://github.com/paulirish/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/diff-s...

Steve took the initiative to put this in it's own repo. Seems okay; I was being rather slow to ship it for real.

All good then ;)

Sheesh. The repo allows the stuff like installing it via `npm install -g diff-so-fancy`. It's not like a public repo costs anything, and Github stars don't get you anything either.

I think it makes it easier to add contributors. Git doesn't allow a user partially access a repo so Paul would add a few people only contributing on one script. I added some really talented contributors :) The repo under my name doesn't mean it belongs to me. In fact it belongs to the public. Everyone can contribute to it so everyone is the "owner". That's how I see open source projects. I don't mind giving it back to Paul. I did it only because I needed it. I believe a lot of people would want it more accessible too.

Why doesn't any code you are using need it's own repo, to track history, what does it matter how short it is?

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