retroactive

Easily change the date of one or multiple Git commits.

retroactive is a Node.js CLI tool that makes it simple to rewrite author and/or committer dates on unpushed Git commits — via an interactive TUI.

Install

npm install -g retroactive

Usage

retro

You'll be prompted to choose a mode:

• Manual — select one or more commits and set dates via absolute or relative shift
• Cascade — pick a starting commit and all commits after it are retroactively assigned realistic random dates spread between that commit's date and now
• Branch Cascade — automatically detect and retroactively date all commits unique to the current branch

Shift Format

Shifts support days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Combine them freely:

• +2h — 2 hours forward
• -1d — 1 day backward
• +1d2h30m — 1 day, 2 hours, and 30 minutes forward
• -45s — 45 seconds backward

Safety

retroactive warns you if any selected commit has already been pushed to a remote branch. Rewriting pushed commits requires a force-push.

License

MIT