Generate OrganicTM GitHub activity
My most insidious idea yet

The Contribution Dream

Once a day (if my laptop is open),
commit-bot adds today's line:

Commit: Wed Sep 25 22:00:00 EDT 2019

This is a Bash script
designed to be run locally
(i.e. on your machine)

But @theshteves,
I want this to run every day

Oh hush

Nobody commits every day
Is that what you want?
🚫 Sorry, not today

We're looking for a more realistic distribution of activity throughout the year

If you're on WindowsTM,
setup the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Install git if git --version errors out

1. Open your command-line
   & navigate to whatever folder you prefer

2. Fork this project on GitHub

3. Download your new copy of this project

git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/commit-bot.git

Don't forget to include your username

3. Test run the script
   in case you need to fix permissions issues

/bin/bash ./commit-bot/bot.sh

4. Open your crontab to set a trigger

crontab -e

NOTE:
If this makes your screen almost blank
with no toolbar of keys to navigate,
you've probably entered the text editor Vim

Remember, press "i" to start [i]nserting text

When you're finished,
press "Esc" repeatedly until nothing happens

Then type ":wq" to save & quit
or ":q!" to quit without saving

5. Add this line to schedule every 10pm or whenever

0 22 * * * /bin/bash /<full-path-to-your-folder>/commit-bot/bot.sh

Do not forget to include the correct folder path

NOTE:
Make sure you save your changes
on your way out!

To verify your cron installation:

crontab -l

that should print the same line
we just saved to your crontab

Now, to celebrate, test your script 🎉

/bin/bash /<full-path-to-your-folder>/commit-bot/bot.sh