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shell function for making commits with faked date. Just add it to your `~/.bashrc`.
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fake_commit.sh
function fake_commit {
local date=$1
local message=$2
export GIT_{AUTHOR,COMMITTER}_DATE="$(LC_TIME=en_US date -d "$date")"
git commit -m "$message"
unset GIT_{AUTHOR,COMMITTER}_DATE
}
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Example usage

$ touch dummy_file
$ git add dummy_file 
$ fake_commit "5 days ago" "dummy file added"
[master (root-commit) 85a4f04] dummy file added
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 dummy_file
$ git graph 
* (5 days ago) Pawel Rubin 85a4f04 (HEAD -> master) dummy file added

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