The Go language's first commit (1972)

Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by Jabbles on Monday February 14, 2022 @07:53AM (#30331407)

Something about the way git works suggests to me that Google did not in fact just change the timestamp on the first commit in their repository.

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Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by Strom on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:44AM (#30332571)

Force push works just fine for changing timestamps.

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Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by samatman on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:08AM (#30333674)

Something tells me your model of how git works is completely incorrect.

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Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by cestith on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:30AM (#30333980)

Step 1: change system clock

Step 2: make a commit

Step 3: rebase later commits to that commit

Step 4: force push to the main branch

Step 5: correct system clock

Try it. It works.

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Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by TheDong on Monday February 14, 2022 @03:19PM (#30337693)

I can save you some time:

    git commit --date "Tue Jul 18 19:05:45 1972 -0500"

That format actually works just fine for --date.

There's also the GIT_AUTHOR_DATE and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE environment variables.

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Re:The Go language's first commit (1972) by cestith on Monday February 14, 2022 @05:02PM (#30339009)

TIL. I've never needed this, but it could come in handy in the past.

Thanks.

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