User:Kim/Project Proposal (Gitpub)

What do you want to make?

Gitpub is a tool to create a printed or web-based publication from a git repository including repository metadata.

Why do you want to make it?

This meta data is produced by means of version control, an integral part of the git software, and either neglected or exploited to reinforce hypercapitalist modes of production. Making meta data part of the publication is an act of decentering the main body of text (or work) where software in use becomes not just a means to an end but presents itself as Git programming environment, collaborating on code, publishing / documenting code (there are some other uses like fonts) the program is part of the writing making apparent software, process, how we write but also are written by technology