Git Privacy

["nick" <nick@nicholasjohnson.ch>]

A couple years ago, I created git-privacy[1]. In it, I explain how
having exact commit times in a Git repo, over a long enough timespan,
can potentially be used to deduce private information about a
developer's life. Then I go on to explain the steps to prevent this
private information leakage.

I know this is low on the list of priorities when it comes to increasing
one's digital privacy, but I think it still matters. It's certainly
relevant to developers who need to remain anonymous while version
controlling their public software.

I was wondering if it would be appropriate to implement a feature which
would allow for automatic obfuscation of Git committer and author
timestamps without the need to assign environment variables or use Git
hooks. Perhaps a config option to automatically set the date to a time
before Git was invented?

Might there a better way to implement these ideas than what I'm
thinking? Please provide some feedback.


References:
1: https://git.nicholasjohnson.ch/git-privacy/