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Is there a place where the netrw source code repository is hosted, so I can view its revision history? If not, is there at least a changelog somewhere?
If I do git log on netrw.vim in the vim repository, all I see is "Update runtime files" commits, which changes bunch of plugins at the same time and is not informative at all.
Not quite a repository but netrw script seems to fit the bill (at least until 2014, or netrw v. 150).
From then on you can find the complete history in the file vim/runtime/doc/pi_netrw.txt, the reference manual for netrw, in chapter 12 - History. You can find that information at :help netrw-history.
Under :help netrw-debug, the author lists an URL where to find the latest development version of the plug-in, but it seems only a Vimball (zip file) is available from there, no links to a public source control repository, so it seems one is not really made available by the original author.
(thanks for giving me the impetus to find that :-))
:help netrw-history where that information can be looked up easily. I hope you agree with the edits. Feel free to modify if you'd like.
:help topics.