Git-Hash

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Git-Hash can be used to create commit hash by mask.

Installation

Git-Hash requires Python 2.7 or 3.4+. Further, for installation, pip should be used.

To install the latest release of Git-Hash from PyPI:

pip install git-hash

Usage

To generate a hash that starts with <hash>, go to the directory with the git repository and write:

git-hash <hash> --verbose

You will see something like this:

> git-hash aaaaaa --verbose
Subhash to find: aaaaaa
Approximate number of permutations 1048576
Iteration 130000, compute 12%, elapsed 0 sec, estimated 1 sec.
Iteration 260000, compute 25%, elapsed 0 sec, estimated 1 sec.
Iteration 390000, compute 37%, elapsed 1 sec.
Commit hash: aaaaaa3ad991376a76b69853969c8414392ba03a
Author date: 1595131373

You can change commit hash by:
GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="Thu Apr 22 13:35:45 2021 +0700" git commit --amend --no-edit --date "1595131373"

Note: it is not recommended to specify more than 8 characters.