+++
date    = "2024-04-02T01:01:28+00:00"
lastmod = "2024-04-02T01:01:28+00:00"
tags    = [ "gists", "programs" ]
+++

A quick wrapper script for normalized [git](https://git-scm.com/) commit dates.
Commit dates and timezones are normalized or truncated to the day. This is
useful for avoiding
[rebasing](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Rebasing) and/or not
having to think about system or git date/time settings when on another device or
in another timezone. If precise timestamps matter, then it is easily disabled.

```shell { caption="Inspired by [git privacy](https://git.nicholasjohnson.ch/git-privacy/about/) in [Git Rev News 102](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2023/08/31/edition-102/#support)" }
#!/bin/sh -eu

GIT=$(which git --all | grep --invert-match "local/bin" | head --lines 1)
GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$(date --utc --date '0' '+%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y %z')"

export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE

[ "${1:-}" = "commit" ] && export DATE=1 && $GIT "$@" --date="$GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"

[ "${DATE:-}" = 1 ] && exit

$GIT "$@"
```