Dwarf Fortress is now under version control
What happened
On 11 October 2026, Simon Willison noted in his weblog that the game Dwarf Fortress is now under version control. The note does not disclose the tool used, the repository location or the specific changes, nor does it say when or over what scope this change occurred. This is currently the only report on the matter, and no further information is available.
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- Simon WillisonDwarf Fortress uses version control now
I remember hearing a while ago that Dwarf Fortress didn't use version control. That fact has been lodged in my head, because given its inherent complexity I have trouble imagining a codebase that would benefit from version control more . That's art. I went looking and I'm sad to report that the days without version control appear to have ended.
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