Legislation has some similarities to source commits, in that many Acts amend other Acts. Something like: section 3: amend section 4(i) of the so-and-so Act 1958, replacing each occurrence of word A with word B.
It would be nice to store that as git commits, and have the functionality of diff, blame etc.
However, the dependence on the existing format, in terms of case-law, legislation, techniques for handling it, textbooks, articles, not to mention the decades of experience of solicitors, barristers, judges and legislators, make this hard to change. Back-compatibility is important. So the way to do it is to include the present format as meta-information.
It would be nice to store that as git commits, and have the functionality of diff, blame etc.
However, the dependence on the existing format, in terms of case-law, legislation, techniques for handling it, textbooks, articles, not to mention the decades of experience of solicitors, barristers, judges and legislators, make this hard to change. Back-compatibility is important. So the way to do it is to include the present format as meta-information.