Windows Git Commit Generator

This program generates Git commits for random days in the current year, up to and including the current day. The purpose of this program is to create a unique contribution history in your GitHub profile.

Prerequisites

Git command line tool installed and configured on your system.
A Git repository to run the program in.

Features

Generates a random number of Git commits for each day of the year up to the current day.
Adds a line to a green.txt file for each commit with a unique identifier.
Commits are dated with the --date option to create a custom commit history.

Building and Running

Using Microsoft Visual Studio Compiler

Open the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt.
Navigate to the directory containing the main.c file.
Compile the program using the following command: cl main.c
Run the compiled program main.exe in a Git repository: main.exe

Using GCC (MinGW)

Open a terminal or command prompt.
Navigate to the directory containing the main.c file.
Compile the program using the following command: gcc main.c -o main.exe -lkernel32
Run the compiled program main.exe in a Git repository: main.exe

Custom Date

You can use the --backtrack or --b flag when running main.exe to generate commits starting from the current day and going back the specified number of days. E.g. main.exe --backtrack 2 generates commits starting from the current day and going back 2 days. The default value is 365 days.

Notes

The program has been tested on Windows x64 systems. Compatibility with other operating systems is not guaranteed.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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