From 7a76a4498ff7c3be787b0f7406d51d1c2a9949c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Lissner <henrik@lissner.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 22:00:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add vcs/git/bin/git-old-commit

---
 vcs/git/bin/git-old-commit | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 vcs/git/bin/git-old-commit

diff --git a/vcs/git/bin/git-old-commit b/vcs/git/bin/git-old-commit
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..808fc517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcs/git/bin/git-old-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Commits to a local git repository with a timestamp different from when it was
+# actually committed. I use this to push old projects with more relevant dates
+# (i.e. when they were authored) and to correct clerical mistakes involving lost
+# or accidental commits.
+#
+# Example: git old-commit "-5 years -2 months -11 days -1 hours -19 seconds" "commit message here"
+
+D="$(date --date='-5 years -2 months -11 days -1 hours -19 seconds')"
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$D" GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$D" git commit -m "$2"