{
  "id": 13595213,
  "title": "Dwarf Fortress uses version control now",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/dwarf-fortress-uses-version-control-now",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-11T00:52:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Simon Willison",
    "slug": "simon-willison",
    "url": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/11/dwarf-fortress/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I remember hearing a while ago that Dwarf Fortress didn't use version control. That fact has been lodged in my head, because given its inherent complexity I have trouble imagining a codebase that would benefit from version control more . That's art. I went looking and I'm sad to report that the days without version control appear to have ended. Quoting Tarn Adams over time: March 2013: \"I don't…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}