Script for making old commits - making your graph look greener 💚

git_commit_script.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Starting timestamp: January 1, 2025 00:00:00 UTC
start_timestamp=1735689600

# Ending timestamp: January 1, 2026 00:00:00 UTC
end_timestamp=1767225600

# Current timestamp
current=$start_timestamp

# Counter for commit messages
counter=1

# Loop through timestamps
while [ $current -le $end_timestamp ]; do
  # Create a dummy change
  echo "Commit $counter at timestamp $current" >> activity.txt
  
  # Stage the change
  git add activity.txt
  
  # Commit with custom date
  git commit --date=$current -m "Activity commit #$counter"
  
  echo "Created commit #$counter for timestamp $current"
  
  # Generate random increment between 0.6 and 2 days in seconds
  # 0.6 days = 51840 seconds
  # 2 days = 172800 seconds
  # Range = 172800 - 51840 = 120960 seconds
  random_increment=$((51840 + RANDOM % 120961))
  
  # Increment timestamp by random amount
  current=$((current + random_increment))
  counter=$((counter + 1))
done

echo "Done! Created $((counter - 1)) commits"
echo "Run 'git push' to push to your repository"

Output: