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Ayushi Rawat

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Sep 19, 2020

Git Hack: Make commit with a past date

Hello reader! Ever wanted to commit something to a git repo with a past date? Here’s how you could do it. If you are working on a project and missed a commit yesterday or you accomplished the task but GitHub for Windows bailed on you? Well, this lit...

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Lee Hansel Solevilla

Sep 20, 2020

Good stuff.

Though be wary of amending commits (message) when working with other developers. It rewrites the commit which would result as different on those who already pulled it.

You can always commit using:

GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="Wed Sep 24 14:12:30 2020 +0530" GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="Wed Sep 24 14:12:30 2020 +0530" git commit -m "message"

Been using this trick for years to show clients that the work is consistent over a span of days when in reality I’d build it in the first day or so.

Also, the amend one is fine if the commit is an unpushed commit (repo is local-only still).

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