Git History Filler

The Git History Filler script is a shell script that automatically generates a commit history for a Git repository. The commit history is generated for a specified range of dates and at a specified commit level, which determines the number of commits made per day.

Usage

To use the Git History Filler, run the following command in your terminal:

./script.sh <start date> <end date> <commit level>

Arguments

The script accepts the following arguments:

<start date>: The date from which to start generating the commit history. This should be in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
<end date>: The date up to which to generate the commit history. This should be in the format YYYY-MM-DD. The end date cannot be in the future.
<commit level>: The level of commit activity. This can be low, medium, or high. The commit level determines the range of commits made per day:
- low: 1-3 commits on weekdays, 0-1 commits on weekends
- medium: 1-5 commits on weekdays, 0-2 commits on weekends
- high: 2-9 commits on weekdays, 0-2 commits on weekends

Example

To generate a commit history from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 with a high level of commit activity, run the following command:

./script.sh 2022-01-01 2022-12-31 high

This will create a commit history in your Git repository where each commit modifies a file named git-fill.txt. The number of commits per day will range from 2 to 9 on weekdays and from 0 to 2 on weekends.

Setup and Requirements

Before running the script, make sure that:

1 - You have Git installed. If not, you can install it with the following command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git

2 - You are in the root directory of the Git repository you want to fill with commit history. You can initialize a new repository with these commands:

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mkdir my_repository
cd my_repository
git init

3 - The script file script.sh is in the same directory and it has execute permissions. You can make the script executable with the following command:

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chmod +x script.sh

Limitations

1 - The script only works on Unix-like systems, such as Linux or MacOS. It has not been tested on Windows.

2 - The script only creates a commit history in the current Git repository.

3 - The git-fill.txt file is used as a placeholder for the commits, but it doesn't contain any meaningful content.

4 - The commit messages are automatically generated and don't convey meaningful changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.