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@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com 2026-06-21 21:56
@ernie@writing.exchange when I “rehydrate” old code, I try to make commit(s) referring to the archive used, untouched, and attribute + backdate the authorship data. git commit --author="Ari Luotonen " --date=1995-06-05 --amend Thinking like an archivist, it allows another archivist to double-check that the data is as-expected. And it's better for transparency when fixes are being done. See for example here: https://github.com/samueldr-wip/tmp-wip/tree/archived/WIT.1994-06-05.tar.Zhttps://github.com/samueldr-wip/tmp-wip/tree/tedium/rebasedhttps://github.com/samueldr-wip/tmp-wip/compare/archived/WIT.1994-06-05.tar.Z...samueldr-wip:tmp-wip:tedium/rebased And well, since the files were not modified in-situ in your case, it gets a bit awkward, so by massaging the data just a bit, we can see the diff here: https://github.com/samueldr-wip/tmp-wip/tree/tedium/rebased-againhttps://github.com/samueldr-wip/tmp-wip/compare/aaf718eee66c9b92d7a1f9296ea063c013c5d27f...samueldr-wip:tmp-wip:tedium/rebased-again?w=1 (The w=1 parameter makes the diff ignore space changes on GitHub.)