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Re: The proper way to contribute on Github

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Post by dmiladinov » Thu, Sep 26, 2013, 1:37 PM UTC

Add 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

Re: The proper way to contribute on Github

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Post by al2o3cr » Thu, Sep 26, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

tomesch1982 wrote: post #11

This is oblivious a coincidence. I hope no one here would think with their right mind that there was any kind of intelligence behind that. It must have happened by chance.

Obvious ID troll is obvious.

Re: The proper way to contribute on Github

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Post by ben0x539 » Thu, Sep 26, 2013, 1:50 PM UTC

al2o3cr wrote: post #22

tomesch1982 wrote: post #11

This is oblivious a coincidence. I hope no one here would think with their right mind that there was any kind of intelligence behind that. It must have happened by chance.

Obvious ID troll is obvious.

More like "obvious current twitter drama troll"

Re: The proper way to contribute on Github

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Post by hackaugusto » Thu, Sep 26, 2013, 1:51 PM UTC

https://github.com/githubinvasion

Re: The proper way to contribute on Github

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Post by weitzj » Thu, Sep 26, 2013, 2:06 PM UTC

https://github.com/turkishdelighthorse

Re: The proper way to contribute on Github

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Post by icambron » Thu, Sep 26, 2013, 2:10 PM UTC

simias wrote: post #17

shocks wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't take a few months, you can just change the date on your computer when you commit. There is a script somewhere that will fill your activity with Nintendo characters.

Ah, I didn't know it trusted the time recorded in the commit. It's less impressive then, doesn't take as much dedication as I thought.

I've always assumed it's pulling the dates from the commits, not from a separate log of git pushes. And of course those can and should have whatever date they were committed in hem.