# Feature request: Publish commit comments

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/feature-request-publish-commit-comments/1117>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/feature-request-publish-commit-comments/1117 "2018-08-21T13:44:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/feature-request-publish-commit-comments/1117/3 "2018-09-17T10:45:05Z")

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see extensive followup on this from @mbostock here:

> [@lost notebook](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/lost-notebook/1208/8):
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> We’re planning a history feature to show how a notebook has changed over time. Authors will be able to browse every version, while readers will only be able to see published versions. Authors will also be able to restore work, say by reverting to an earlier version or cherry-picking changes. And forking, too, of course. For this to work well, I expect we’ll want a way of attaching notes to specific versions (the equivalent of git tags or commit messages), since the number of automatically-saved…

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