GitHub Activity Demo Script

This script aims to prove why you should not be too quick at judging people by their GitHub activity stats.

The script will turn your contributions graph from this:

Into this:

In 20-30 seconds.

Use for demo purposes only!

To execute just run the following commaind inside a demo repository:

1. First download the script
2. After that run the script
3. Finally, push your changes to GitHub

Get started

ACTIVITY_BR=main && MAX_PAST_DAYS=365 && COMMIT_NB= && COMMIT_MAX=7 && \
curl -sL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bobbyiliev/github-activity-bash-script/main/activity.sh' \
    | bash ;

Environment variables

env	description	type	default value
ACTIVITY_BR	working git branch	string	main
MAX_PAST_DAYS	number of past days	integer	365
COMMIT_NB	exactly git commit number each past day.	integer
COMMIT_MAX	randomly git commit number each past day between [1..max]	integer	7

• COMMIT_MAX used only if COMMIT_NB is empty
• if both COMMIT_MAX and COMMIT_NB, randomly commit number each past day between [1..7]

Introduction to Bash Scripting

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Introduction to Bash Scripting

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Here is why you should not be too quick at judging people by their GitHub activity stats