Re: Pre vcs versions of zsh

[Matthew Martin <phy1729@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 03:23:02PM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> > On 16 April 2021 at 15:08 Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Stephane Chazelas wrote on Fri, 16 Apr 2021 05:59 +00:00:
> > > 2021-04-15 18:56:03 -0400, Eric Cook:
> > > [...]
> > > > If i find more versions i'll add them to my account and reply to this thread.
> > > 
> > > Beside the ones you already have, I also have:
> > 
> > I'm happy to grab all these onto zsh.org for archival.  If y'all could
> > send me a list of wget / git clone commands that'd be much appreciated ☺
> > 
> > > Also note that file modification times as stored in tar files
> > > sometimes being useful information from an archeological PoV.
> > 
> > +1
> 
> Hmm... once they're publicly available in one place (I'll be downloading them
> for backup anyway if they go in the usual place on the website), it's not THAT
> much work to create the equivalent of a vendor branch in git and dump in these
> versions one by one, with some creative use of dates in the commit log, if anyone
> is interested.
> 
> As it's pre-vcs, I don't think any fancy branching would be needed, just a linear
> record.

It is possible to add those versions to the history using git replace.
I'd be happy to do that; just need to agree on what author and commit
name and dates to spoof.