Impress Recruiters with One Simple Trick

GitHub's contribution graph doesn't really tell you much about a developer. But it sure looks nice when it's green! The Plan Git lets you backdate commits using environment variables. So in theory, you could generate commits going back as far as you'd like. I settled on January 1, 1970 (Unix epoch time) as a starting point. Going back further felt like it might raise questions. The Setup Create a new private repository on GitHub. Call it something boring like . Clone it locally: Create an initial file so the repo isn't empty: The Script Create a file called (or whatever you'd like): The and variables control how many commits are randomly generated per day. Adjust these to make the graph look more or less "productive." Sundays are skipped, keeping you on a 996 schedule. A heads up: depending on your date range, this generates thousands of commits. You might want to set to something more recent if you'd rather not wait. Run It Refresh your GitHub profile and you'll see a solid wall of green going back over fifty years. Since the repo is private, nobody can see what you're actual commits so your secret is safe.