Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by shrig94 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:14 AM UTC

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

#2

Post by bgoldste » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:17 AM UTC

Anyone know how he did it? I can see dummy commits like this, automated somehow: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/addy-graph-hack/commits?autho...

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by shrig94 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:19 AM UTC

bgoldste wrote: post #2

Anyone know how he did it? I can see dummy commits like this, automated somehow: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/addy-graph-hack/commits?autho...

Github respects the dates attached to the commits, not the time they were actually committed.

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by refulgentis » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:19 AM UTC

bgoldste wrote: post #2

Anyone know how he did it? I can see dummy commits like this, automated somehow: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/addy-graph-hack/commits?autho...

Check out the repo for that commit: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/addy-graph-hack

Specifically, this tool: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/github-contributions

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by slg » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:21 AM UTC

Probably should have just listed to the repo with the software he used to make that.

https://github.com/IonicaBizau/github-contributions

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by qu4z-2 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:21 AM UTC

shrig94 wrote: post #3

bgoldste wrote: post #2

Anyone know how he did it? I can see dummy commits like this, automated somehow: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/addy-graph-hack/commits?autho...

Github respects the dates attached to the commits, not the time they were actually committed.

Alternatively, the date they were actually committed, not the time they were pushed.

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by shrig94 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:22 AM UTC

slg wrote: post #5

Probably should have just listed to the repo with the software he used to make that. https://github.com/IonicaBizau/github-contributions

Here's another: https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by msvan » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:37 AM UTC

Damn, I had this idea a while ago but never executed on it. Great work Addy, you beat me to it!

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by dlnovell » Fri, May 29, 2015, 4:47 AM UTC

[slow clap]

Re: Addy Osmani's Commit History

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Post by ionicabizau » Fri, May 29, 2015, 5:08 AM UTC

bgoldste wrote: post #2

Anyone know how he did it? I can see dummy commits like this, automated somehow: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/addy-graph-hack/commits?autho...

I'm the bad guy behind this thing. :)

Since I signed up on GitHub I was searching for this bug: to "draw" things on others contributions graphs. And finally I found a trick. I cannot tell you exactly how it works, but the docs are very clear, you will get it: https://help.github.com/articles/why-are-my-contributions-no...

I disclosed this trick to the security team, but they said it's a low priority bug and I cannot get a reward for it (https://bounty.github.com/).

So, I thought: if I cannot get money for this discover, I will get some popularity. And I "vandalized" some contributions graphs:

- https://github.com/addyosmani - https://github.com/vim-scripts - https://twitter.com/IonicaBizau/status/594024920826380288

Then I shown the GitHub Security team the mess I did. They told me not to do that again since this is a violation of the GitHub's terms. I kept that in mind and didn't repeat it.

On the other side, Addy Osmani really liked this:

- https://twitter.com/addyosmani/status/594068463687233536 - https://twitter.com/addyosmani/status/595323559947427841

And the popularity came as well: new followers and stars!

Now, since you know everything, if you want to give me a reward, here is a Paypal donation url: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_b...

Thanks! :-)