A script for doing this was posted to HN several months ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5740959
The proper way to contribute on Github
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Re: The proper way to contribute on Github
#32With over 100 votes I was hoping I was about to get some helpful advice on contributing to open-source projects. I don't know what I was thinking.
Re: The proper way to contribute on Github
#33Add a commit for yesterday (I just picked whatever arbitrary time): git commit -a -m "Insightful Commit Note" --date "2013-09-25 08:24:32" Might also be worth mentioning the [difference between commit date and author date][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11857467/114359
It's actually slightly annoying that Github sorts the commits by commit date instead of the author date.
When you rebase your branch a few times to clean up the history, you may end up with a PR commit overview that does not chronologically reflect what happened during development.
Makes PR reviews a bit confusing at times.
Re: The proper way to contribute on Github
#34With over 100 votes I was hoping I was about to get some helpful advice on contributing to open-source projects. I don't know what I was thinking.
Indeed, facepalm is all there is to do...
Re: The proper way to contribute on Github
#35With over 100 votes I was hoping I was about to get some helpful advice on contributing to open-source projects. I don't know what I was thinking.
I was thinking the same.