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Probably a lot. My guess is something similar happens with commercial software. Some commercial software that everybody loves dies, and the community cries out for it to be open sourced. Meanwhile, everyone that ever worked on the codebase is thinking, "You want to see this source? Uhhhhhhh..."


"Wow, this code is weird. Lets look at the commit history and hopefully that can shed some light on this..."

commit 7245 - working now, dont know why. whatever

commit 7244 - added debugging

commit 7243 - stupid impossible bug reported

commit 7242 - UI unimprovements I am required to make

commit 7241 - it is friday so committing before I go home LOL


As always, relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1296/




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