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date    = "2024-04-02T00:20:21+00:00"
lastmod = "2024-04-02T00:20:21+00:00"
tags    = [ "programs" ]
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[Tracking git metadata](https://git.github.io/rev_news/2023/08/31/edition-102/#support)
never crossed my mind
([git privacy](https://git.nicholasjohnson.ch/git-privacy/about/)). My
understanding was that metadata can't be sole ground truths anyway. Known
real--world contributors increase trust/triangulation.

Reality is not always in sync with metadata, for example;
[rebasing](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Rebasing) repositories
as 1 commit, using different names/emails, travelling (without updating
{{< abbr tz "time zones" >}}) or working inside time drifted virtual machines.

I'd imagine that simpler anonymization involves anonymous contributors sharing
the same metadata. In short, the deniable _we are one, we are many, we are
legion_ cloak.