Why Do We Have `repeating-linear-gradient` Anyway?

It all started with this question Keith Clark recently asked on twitter.

CSS repeating-linear-gradients, do we need these? Can't the same thing be achieved with a linear-gradient and background-size?

That's a good question.

Their cousin, repeating radial gradients, definitely come in handy. They hsave saved me from having to write tens of stops inside a regular radial-gradient when I wanted to reproduce the look of a vinyl record with CSS.

Vinyl record with repeating-radial-gradient

But repeating-linear-gradient?

Until this …

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