History add: properly handle the GList links removal, refactor #992

Job	Run time
Linux.noble.GNU14.skiptest.Debug.Ninja	4m 43s
macOS.${{ matrix.compiler.compiler }}.${{ matrix.build.xcode }}.${{ matrix.target }}.${{ matrix.btype }}.${{ matrix.generator }}	0s
Linux.noble.GNU14.nofeatures.Debug.Ninja	4m 10s
Win64.UCRT64.skiptest.Debug.Ninja	14m 4s
Linux.noble.GNU14.skiptest.Release.Ninja	6m 50s
Win64.UCRT64.nofeatures.Debug.Ninja	21m 28s
Linux.noble.GNU14.nofeatures.Release.Ninja	5m 2s
Win64.UCRT64.skiptest.Release.Ninja	13m 58s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.skiptest.Debug.Ninja	5m 30s
Win64.UCRT64.nofeatures.Release.Ninja	21m 59s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.nofeatures.Debug.Ninja	4m 44s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.skiptest.Release.Ninja	6m 20s
Linux.noble.LLVM16.nofeatures.Release.Ninja	5m 39s
	1h 54m 27s

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