Comment by hmokiguess
11 hours ago
So sad that commit history is a thing we can feel emotionally attached to a point of feeling vulnerable when releasing it with others.
Also equally sad that without a way to relate easily with how something came to be (e.g. the commit history) others will struggle focusing at the work and will judge its lineage.
I guess to folks here confused by that go search SrPeixinho on Reddit and that should have a lot of history for you to understand the background of the work, and you can also join their Discord server and literally talk to them there.
I'll try to sanitize the commit history, I had no idea it would be so important
Commit history is back!
"You only have 10 seconds to make a first impression"
Glad you were able to restore the commit history.
With all the lack of authority of a random software developer on the Internet (but feel free to check my post history), I see the GitHub repo and its commit history as important and answers a few questions.
How old is this project ? (If one commit, I have no time range, so I have no way to know how long it has been worked on .)
Is it regularly updated? (If one commit, I can't tell the pace of updates)
Is it just one person, or a few people, or a community? (If only one commit, cannot see how many other people are available to support the project.)
If a project has no issues (no user complaints), then it's probably not used by anyone -- throw a rock and you can get one person to complain about how you changed the scenery, one person to complain about it being loud, one person to complain about how you threw it unergonomicly, and one person to criticize your accuracy. :) If it has no issues then probably no users.
Does it have any merged PRs? Open PRs? (If no merged PRs then presumably you do not really accept them? No way to know for sure but it's a signal.)
Of course these metrics can be gamed. But if you literally have only one commit, no issues, no PRs, then it's like declaring your restaurant is open for business but all the lights are off, there are no patrons, waiters, cooks, and there is a single to-go box on the table with a small bell next to it. Or it's a museum with only one exhibit and no docents or guests. It's just incredibly odd to see no history for a project.
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