>>> "SM" == Stefan Monnier writes: >> The question is should I «rewrite» the repository changing commits and >> trying to add the name of the authors before it will, hopefully one day >> enter ELPA? > As long as the code is not in `elpa.git`, it's up to you to decide > whether to perform such rewrites. Once it's in `elpa.git` such rewrites > should be avoided at (almost) all cost. That is what I thought. > It sounds like a lot of work and could lead to trouble for other people > who're tracking your repository, so I probably wouldn't do it if I were you. Right, after some thinking I decided not to start with it, GNU emacs has also been transformed many times, from RCS(?) To CVS to bazzarr to git. Its first commit reads ,---- | | ◍ commit 0:ce5584125c44a1a2fbb46e810459c50b227a95e2 | Author: Jim Blandy | Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1985 00:48:29 +0000 | | entered into RCS `---- Which has we discussed some time ago is impossible since redhat was Founded: March 26, 1993, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, according to wikipedia 😝. So a repository this old is different from one started freshly with git or mercurial.