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+# Time Traveler Log v1
+
+Original timeline: feature added in commit abc123
+Rewrote history: squashed 3 commits into clean single commit
+Note: future self approved this change
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+# Time Traveler Log v2
+
+Continuation from v1.
+Added timeline reconciliation step.