{"id":122418,"date":"2026-06-17T18:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=122418"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:53:06","slug":"recap-restoring-removed-version-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/06\/17\/recap-restoring-removed-version-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Restoring removed version history."},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the blockBlock<\/span> Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.<\/span><\/span><\/span> editor was first merged into wordpress\/wordpress-develop<\/code> (leading up to the WordPress 5.0 release), there has always been a considerable amount of manual work required to sync the necessary changes in the gutenberg<\/code> GitHubGitHub<\/span> GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the \u2018pull request\u2019 where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https:\/\/github.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> repository into SVNSVN<\/span> Subversion, the popular version control system (VCS) by the Apache project, used by WordPress to manage changes to its codebase.<\/span><\/span><\/span>. During the early phases of the 7.0 release cycle, #64393<\/a> worked on making changes to the wordpress-develop<\/code> build scripts with the goal of simplifying this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the initial iteration of these changes committed in [61438]<\/a> removed some of that manual friction, specific parts of the change disrupted a few important contributor workflows due to the way that PHPPHP<\/span> The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher<\/span><\/span><\/span> files were removed from version controlversion control<\/span> A version control system keeps track of the source code and revisions to the source code. WordPress uses Subversion (SVN) for version control, with Git mirrors for most repositories.<\/span><\/span><\/span> and added to the .gitignore<\/code> file. These particular PHP files were shared in both repositories, and the idea of removing them was to ensure that the source of truth remains clearly in the GutenbergGutenberg<\/span> The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses \u2018blocks\u2019 to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.\rhttps:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> repository. Instead of existing in both repositories, a script would create the files in the working copy of the wordpress\/wordpress-develop<\/code> repo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What went wrong?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, there were a number of unanticipated side-effects of this change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n