small script to generate some dummy files and commit them. (by @matthewmccullough | src: https://github.com/matthewmccullough/scripts/blob/master/generaterandomchanges)

generaterandomchanges

#!/bin/bash

#Ensure we have the quantity specified on the CLI
if [ -z "$3" ]; then ARG_ERR=ERR; fi
if [ -z "$2" ]; then ARG_ERR=ERR; fi
if [ -z "$1" ]; then ARG_ERR=ERR; fi
if [ -n "$ARG_ERR" ];
then
    echo "Usage: <filecount> <filenamebase> <filenameextension>"
    exit
fi

count=$1
filenamebase=$2
filenameextension=$3
for (( filenumber = 1; filenumber <= $count ; filenumber++ )); do
    echo "Some new random text: $RANDOM" >> $filenamebase$filenumber.$filenameextension
    git add $filenamebase$filenumber.$filenameextension
    git commit -m"A random change of $RANDOM to $filenamebase$filenumber.$filenameextension"
done