Re: Back-dating commits--way back--for constitution.git

> On 08/02/2010 05:25 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 18:32, Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'd figured to play with Git in an unusual way: to create a repository
>>> 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 Congress).
>>> Proposed amendments get branches, which get merged in later.
>>
>> 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:
> ....
>
> 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.