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What is your opinion about outsourcing larger scripts from answers to GitHub repositories?

I personally prefer three additional clicks to download a file over a long and careful click-and-drag to copy only all the code from the answer's code block and not too much or too few. … The trustworthy of the site itself does not allow conclusions about all code pieces they host though. Of course code on GitHub is not really reviewed or rated, but is it on Stack Exchange? …
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What is your opinion about outsourcing larger scripts from answers to GitHub repositories?

The code snippet in the answer will not necessarily have to be kept updated, except major bug fixes that are needed for the script to work. …
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What is your opinion about outsourcing larger scripts from answers to GitHub repositories?

repository and link that in my answer instead of dumping the code there. … No need to look up the answer and copy/paste and format the code. no risk of forgetting to update the answer on code changes code is not stored duplicated more flexible: GitHub allows adding any number …
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