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Life & fun · May 6, 2016

Git russian-roulette – Challenge your luck in a Git repo

:four_leaf_clover: play russian roulette in your git repository. :gun: - timofurrer/git-russian-roulette

Git russian-roulette – Challenge your luck in a Git repo launched on May 6, 2016 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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