Become the most frequent committer on Github (opens in new tab)

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28 pointsMamady12y ago20 comments

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kanzure12y ago

There's also these:

https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti

https://github.com/will

https://github.com/kanzure/streak

madsravn12y ago

I was slightly confused when I opened this link. I was pretty sure I didn't click the "Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever " link which also was on the front page at the time.

xr0912y ago

But that's cheating...

Do you want to work for a company that buys this lie and make them believe you are a code machine?

That lie WILL bite you in the back some day.

ihsw12y ago

Personally I like to fuck with people who take themselves too seriously, and those companies -- companies that put "fully public, open-source contributions" at the top of their list of desirable (but not mandatory) job postings -- are certainly full of themselves.

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samspenc12y ago

I think OP is being sarcastic. ;) Though I'm sure some companies may go as far as using this. :[

wereHamster12y ago

  > # make a change to file.rb

You don't need to change the file to create a commit. Just run this with appropriate range of committer dates:

  > GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=? git commit --allow-empty;

MamadyOP12y ago

nice. Learning something new every day :)

gaelow12y ago

I like it, not because I like cheating but because I think it exemplifies how bullshit this notion that more commits == more commited is, and how it encourages people pulling shit all the time. Even Linus is mad about it xD

adregan12y ago

Is there a way to tell the most frequent committer on Github? Maybe if there is Github could award a prize every month—a gift certificate to a pizza place maybe?

(in secret of course)

cheeaun12y ago

Not sure about the most frequent ones, but there is a list of the most "active" ones here: http://git.io/top

mck-12y ago

Here's another one: http://gitklout.herokuapp.com/

jonstjohn12y ago

I actually just started a challenge to do 100 commits in 100 days, and I'm up to almost 70 (w/ a streak of 31). This seems so much easier :P

arelangi12y ago

And, how is this helpful you say?

delinka12y ago

By getting you that job with people who put more value on falsifiable data than on actual skill.

ihsw12y ago

Public and open-source contributions aren't a measure of skill, in fact they're not a measure of anything other than public and open-source contributions.

Personally I try to keep all of my work as private as possible. There is no particular reason, I'm just a private person.

Do you really want to work for a company that measures competence based on pissing-contest and attention-whoring mentality?

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delinka12y ago

How long before this kind of thing causes GitHub to feel the pressure of a[nother] DoS?

zeckalpha12y ago

It doesn't look like this makes a number of pushes, just a number of commits.

MamadyOP12y ago

correct. I should probably add "git push" to the instructions.

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kanzure12y ago

There's also these:

https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti

https://github.com/will

https://github.com/kanzure/streak

madsravn12y ago

I was slightly confused when I opened this link. I was pretty sure I didn't click the "Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever " link which also was on the front page at the time.

xr0912y ago

But that's cheating...

Do you want to work for a company that buys this lie and make them believe you are a code machine?

That lie WILL bite you in the back some day.

ihsw12y ago

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samspenc12y ago

I think OP is being sarcastic. ;) Though I'm sure some companies may go as far as using this. :[

wereHamster12y ago

  > # make a change to file.rb

You don't need to change the file to create a commit. Just run this with appropriate range of committer dates:

  > GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=? git commit --allow-empty;

MamadyOP12y ago

nice. Learning something new every day :)

gaelow12y ago

adregan12y ago

Is there a way to tell the most frequent committer on Github? Maybe if there is Github could award a prize every month—a gift certificate to a pizza place maybe?

(in secret of course)

cheeaun12y ago

Not sure about the most frequent ones, but there is a list of the most "active" ones here: http://git.io/top

mck-12y ago

Here's another one: http://gitklout.herokuapp.com/

jonstjohn12y ago

I actually just started a challenge to do 100 commits in 100 days, and I'm up to almost 70 (w/ a streak of 31). This seems so much easier :P

arelangi12y ago

And, how is this helpful you say?

delinka12y ago

By getting you that job with people who put more value on falsifiable data than on actual skill.

ihsw12y ago

Public and open-source contributions aren't a measure of skill, in fact they're not a measure of anything other than public and open-source contributions.

Personally I try to keep all of my work as private as possible. There is no particular reason, I'm just a private person.

Do you really want to work for a company that measures competence based on pissing-contest and attention-whoring mentality?

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delinka12y ago

How long before this kind of thing causes GitHub to feel the pressure of a[nother] DoS?

zeckalpha12y ago

It doesn't look like this makes a number of pushes, just a number of commits.

MamadyOP12y ago

correct. I should probably add "git push" to the instructions.

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