gitfuckery.py

import os
import sys

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from subprocess import check_output, check_call as spawn

def make_dates():
    start = datetime(2013,3,3,12,00,00)
    reps = 1
    for x in range(365*8):
        for n in range(reps):
            date = start + timedelta(days=x, minutes=n)
            yield date
        if (x+1) % 35 == 0:
            reps +=1
            print "At Day",x, "Reps now", reps

def make_repo(name, dates):
    spawn(["mkdir","-p",name])
    os.chdir(name)

    spawn(["/usr/local/git/bin/git","init"])

    for date in dates:
        commit(date)

def commit(date):
    date = date.isoformat()+"Z"
    env = dict(os.environ)
    env['GIT_AUTHOR_DATE'] = date
    env['GIT_COMMITTER_DATE'] = date

    spawn([
        "/usr/local/git/bin/git",
        "commit",
        "--allow-empty",
        "--allow-empty-message",
        "-qam",
        ""
    ],env=env)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    make_repo(sys.argv[1], make_dates())