Re: groff in git (was Re: [RFC] input.cpp: Remove use of strncat(3))

[Andrea D'Amore]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 at 00:43, Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>:
> > Eric, can reposurgeon retroactively add an earlier release to git
> > without changing all the existing git hashes (which are referenced all
> > over the place, in the bug tracker and elsewhere)?  I know nothing
> > about how these hashes are generated, so this may be utterly
> > infeasible.

> Alas, no. The downstream hashes would all change.

You could create a separate historical repo and graft it to the current one.


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