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Source Controller

A version control platform that stores your truth repository, tracks changes over time, and enables collaborative evolution.

Why This Matters​

Source control is foundational to truth management. It's what makes your organizational truth evolvable, auditable, and refactorable. Without it, documentation becomes static files that drift from reality.

Tool Example: GitHub​

GitHub is the most widely-used source control platform. Key features for truth management:

  • Version history: Every change tracked with context about why
  • Collaboration: Pull requests enable review before truth becomes official
  • Access control: Public, private, or tiered visibility
  • AI integration: Copilot and other tools work natively with repositories
  • Ecosystem: Integrates with virtually every development and documentation tool

How It Fits Truth Management​

Storage​

  • Your truth repository lives in a Git repo
  • Markdown files are human-readable and machine-readable
  • Folder structure organizes principles, processes, tools, etc.

Evolution​

  • Commits capture what changed and why
  • Branches allow experimenting with new truth before merging
  • Pull requests enable review and discussion
  • History preserves reasoning even after documents are pruned

Refactorability​

Per Make Your Company Refactorable, source control enables agents to grep and edit your entire organizational OS. A terminology rename becomes a single session, not weeks of manual updates.

Collaboration​

  • Multiple contributors can propose changes
  • Review processes ensure quality
  • Conflicts surface explicitly rather than silently diverging

Security Considerations​

Per Protect Your Truth, consider your trust model:

  • Public repos: Culture and values safe to share openly
  • Private repos: Operational truth for employees only
  • Self-hosted: Maximum control for sensitive strategic truth

The North Star​

A source control platform that makes your truth repository a living system: every change tracked, every decision preserved, every refactor possible.