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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ The releases for versions 2.x.y and two prereleases of v3 can be found at:
 * https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/releases
 * https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10679422
 
+The state of HighFive immediately before preparing it for archival is:
+* https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/tree/v3.0.0-beta2
+
 All future development and new releases can be found at:
 * https://github.com/highfive-devs/highfive