Backdating git commits

Question

I suffered a hard drive crash and lost a couple of project folders. These are personal projects and weren't hosted anywhere. I have a dozen compressed zip files of releases, but that's it.

Were I to start with the earliest version, how can I change the date of the commit to match the release date? My thinking is I could do this for each of the versions and have the commit date at least somewhat semblance of the development timeline/history.

I would generally advise you against muddling around with commit dates. If something happened on a certain date, then let it stand. — Tim Biegeleisen, Jun 15 '17 at 05:57

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 15 '17 at 05:55

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git commit --amend --no-edit --date="Fri Nov 6 20:00:00 2015 -0600"

answered Jun 15 '17 at 05:55

Chandan Kumar Thakur

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But this would only work for the latest commit, not for any coming before that. – Tim Biegeleisen Jun 15 '17 at 05:57
You can add the past date. – Chandan Kumar Thakur Jun 15 '17 at 06:01
[link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3895453/how-do-i-make-a-git-commit-in-the-past?noredirect=1&lq=1) – Chandan Kumar Thakur Jun 15 '17 at 06:03
Is it possible to check if commits have been backdated? Looking at a project now which we need to see if developers have tampered with it to make it look like it was worked on consistently? – user2924019 Apr 21 '22 at 15:40

Backdating git commits

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