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Why Git author date and commit date are different?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11856983/why-git-authordate-is-different-from-commitdate

The author date notes when this commit was originally made (i.e. when you finished the git commit). The author date could be overridden using the --date switch.

The commit date gets changed every time the commit is being modified, for example when rebasing the branch.

Github

Github displays commits based on commit date.

So, after a rebase, your commits timeline will be messed up on Github, though in reality, by git log you can see your author date is intact.

https://docs.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/managing-contribution-graphs-on-your-profile/troubleshooting-commits-on-your-timeline

How to set Git commit date same as author date

You may want to do this to rectify the GitHub's commits timeline.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28536980/git-change-commit-date-to-author-date

git filter-branch --env-filter 'export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"'
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