From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Joel C. Salomon" Subject: Re: Back-dating commits--way back--for constitution.git Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:38:25 -0400 Message-ID: <4C599781.2020603@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Aug 04 18:38:37 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OggzE-0003Cd-Ba for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:38:36 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755263Ab0HDQib convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:38:31 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:62493 "EHLO mail-qy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751945Ab0HDQia (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:38:30 -0400 Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so1357402qyk.19 for ; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:38:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gAx3XOdo2vzs+5FidbJV/CcFqHqVo1xy44IRg0Ohz5A=; b=vPKk6Ie2bWhRMZkdxAF7AU/4+5bMm/R1oyATZLcv07t6bQBLqgDbDWrg3ztURH8E7C 8x3KUJa1r/zrskTJaly+0m3NlpdlcqRmoYL+OxTuSdn2oO61DqDOCcWfBne8GGsNCJ7G uwM8v86lZg52jRgzlA3tbFryvegxnClmaWzgw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=wt7UUqqDoTilEAOwjg8s2b46FvDrq6vs2UYp0htmJnYaG8ojQK/CilLKoczPAYJ+vf WK1fwPHM9rz8zy3R+kyqZP0g9ib9M4tBv1MzpPHVpG+vmBcmdwItvdQMs/a87Ogg1HAG 6RZ04Z9W1Z+cIYw+TzX4H0ywhpzaFJu4Q+Fkc= Received: by 10.229.224.76 with SMTP id in12mr2600396qcb.81.1280939908519; Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:38:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.5.103] (pool-173-56-160-133.nycmny.east.verizon.net [173.56.160.133]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r29sm3124010qcs.1.2010.08.04.09.38.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:38:27 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100713 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.6 In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 08/02/2010 05:25 PM, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 18:32, Joel C. Salomon wrote: >> I'd figured to play with Git in an unusual way: to create a reposito= ry >> for the U.S. Constitution where amendments are presented as patches. >> E.g., instead of the First Amendment being placed at the end (as is >> usual) I'm putting it in Article 1, Section 9 (Limitations of Congre= ss). >> Proposed amendments get branches, which get merged in later. >=20 > I'd like to ask where this project is being hosted. I've wanted to > play with importing law into Git, and it would be interesting to > follow this project. It's local to my machine for now, especially since I can't (yet?) get the dates right. Also, I'm rebasing as I tweak the TeX code. Law-into-RCS has been on my mind since I learned out what RCSs are for. Read any bill that the US Congress passes: there's an intro, a whole lot of boilerplate, and then: SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF CHIP. Section 2104(a) (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) by amending paragraph (11), by striking ``each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2008''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: ``(12) for fiscal year 2009, $10,562,000,000; ``(13) for fiscal year 2010, $12,520,000,000; ``(14) for fiscal year 2011, $13,459,000,000; ``(15) for fiscal year 2012, $14,982,000,000; and ``(16) for fiscal year 2013, for purposes of making 2 semi- annual allotments-- ``(A) $3,000,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 2012, and ending on March 31, 2013, and ``(B) $3,000,000,000 for the period beginning on April 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2013.''. SEC. 102. ALLOTMENTS FOR STATES AND TERRITORIES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2013. Section 2104 (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``subsection (d)'' and inserting ``subsections (d) and (m)''; (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``subsection (d)'' and inserting ``subsections (d) and (m)(4)''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: =2E... Sure looks like a patch series to me. > There's some Icelandic law currently enacted that hasn't been changed > since the 1200s. Getting that into Git would be interesting. Extremely. I'll put my Constitution project up on GitHub in a few days. Just note that I *will* rebase and publish. --Joel