GitHub - Yiin/lt-teises-aktai: Lithuanian Legal Acts as a Git Repository — legislation from e-TAR converted to version-controlled Markdown with full amendment history

lt-teises-aktai

Lithuanian legislation as a Git repo -- every law is a Markdown file, every reform a commit.

All laws from the Register of Legal Acts (e-TAR) converted to Markdown with YAML frontmatter. Git history tracks every amendment with the actual historical date, so git log and git diff reveal the full legislative evolution.

Inspired by legalize-es which does the same for Spanish legislation.

Usage

# View the current text of the Constitution
cat konstitucija/TAR.47BB952431DA.md

# See all amendments to a law
git log --oneline -- istatymai/TAR.0BDFFD850A66.md

# Diff a specific amendment
git diff abc123^..abc123 -- istatymai/TAR.0BDFFD850A66.md

# Search across all laws
grep -rl "asmens duomenų" istatymai/

Structure

konstitucija/               # Constitution
konstituciniai-istatymai/   # Constitutional laws
istatymai/                  # Laws (Seimas)
kodeksai/                   # Codes (Civil, Criminal, etc.)

Each file has YAML frontmatter with metadata (TAR ID, title, dates, status, issuing authority) followed by the full consolidated text.

Data Source

All content from e-TAR via data.gov.lt open data API. Legislative text is public domain.

Tooling: see the tooling branch.

License

Legislative text is public domain. Tooling code is MIT.