diff --git a/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts b/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts
index 4427454e2..2c15515af 100644
--- a/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts
+++ b/src/revisions/revision.entity.ts
@@ -65,4 +65,15 @@ export class Revision {
   )
   @JoinTable()
   authorships: Authorship[];
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
+  private constructor() {}
+
+  static create(content: string, patch: string): Revision {
+    const newRevision = new Revision();
+    newRevision.patch = patch;
+    newRevision.content = content;
+    newRevision.length = content.length;
+    return newRevision;
+  }
 }