# Approved Historical Sources

Use only these refs when answering historical CMBA constitution/bylaws questions.

## Whitelist

- `1e16926c5f76989d8821dc3f2b0df0c1c500e8e9`
  - Commit date: `2021-11-09`
  - Commit subject: `initial commit, 2016 constitution and bylaws`
  - Historical meaning: imported 2016 constitution/bylaws text
  - Content path: `content`
- `refs/tags/2022-01-09`
  - Content path: `src/cmba-bylaws.md`
- `refs/tags/2023`
  - Content path: `src/cmba-bylaws.md`
- `refs/tags/2024`
  - Content path: `src/cmba-bylaws.md`

## Non-authoritative refs

Do not use these as historical authority:

- `draft*`
- `rc*`
- `v2026*`
- `v2024`

If a user asks about one of those refs, explain that they are draft or test-era refs and not approved for historical citation.

## Useful commands

Read a full version:

```bash
git show refs/tags/2024:src/cmba-bylaws.md
git show refs/tags/2023:src/cmba-bylaws.md
git show refs/tags/2022-01-09:src/cmba-bylaws.md
git show 1e16926c5f76989d8821dc3f2b0df0c1c500e8e9:content
```

Compare approved versions:

```bash
git diff --word-diff=color refs/tags/2023 refs/tags/2024 -- src/cmba-bylaws.md
git diff --word-diff=color refs/tags/2022-01-09 refs/tags/2023 -- src/cmba-bylaws.md
```

When comparing the imported 2016 text to later tagged versions, diff the extracted file contents rather than assuming the path is the same across refs.