gitfc 1.2.6

Git commit with a custom date

gitfc

A simple CLI tool for making git commits with a custom date, and a queue system for scheduling pushes over time.

Installation

pip install gitfc

From source

git clone https://github.com/chessitay/gitfc.git
cd gitfc
make install

For development (editable install):

make dev

To uninstall:

make uninstall

Usage

gitfc [flags] "commit message" [date]

Both the message and date are optional depending on which flags you use. If you skip the date, it defaults to right now.

Date formats

Input	What it means
(nothing)	Current date and time
+15m	15 minutes from now
-2h	2 hours ago
+3d	3 days from now
14:30	Today at 14:30
2026-04-01	That date at midnight
2026-04-01 14:30:00	Exact date and time

Flags

Flag	What it does
-a	Stage all changes before committing (git add -A)
--amend	Amend the previous commit instead of creating a new one
-v, --verbose	Print commit details (hash, date, message) after committing
-p, --push	Push to remote after committing
--dry-run	Show the command and resolved date without actually committing

Examples

# Commit with current date and time
gitfc "my message"

# Commit staged changes, dated 2 days ago
gitfc "my message" "-2d"

# Stage everything and commit with a specific date
gitfc -a "my message" "2026-03-15 10:00:00"

# Amend the last commit's date to 1 hour ago, keep message
gitfc --amend "-1h"

# Amend with a new message and date
gitfc --amend "new message" "2026-04-01"

# Commit, push, and show details
gitfc -a -v -p "my message" "+30m"

# Preview what would happen without committing
gitfc --dry-run "my message" "2026-04-01 09:00:00"

Queue system

The queue lets you batch-create commits locally and push them all at once. Commit dates are already baked into each commit, so they look natural on the remote regardless of when you push.

The idea: commits are created immediately (locally) with their target dates, then pushed together when you run the queue. You can also backdate each commit:

Queue commands

Command	What it does
gitfc queue "msg" [date]	Add a commit to the queue (shorthand)
gitfc queue add "msg" [date]	Same thing, explicit
gitfc queue list	Show all queued items
gitfc queue remove <id>	Remove an item by ID
gitfc queue clear	Remove all pending items
gitfc queue run [interval] [jitter]	Push all pending items immediately
gitfc queue status	Show queue summary

You can also use gitfc q instead of gitfc queue.

Run options

Option	What it does
[interval]	Spacing for stored timestamps: 30m, 2h, 1d (optional, metadata only)
[jitter]	Random offset for timestamps: 5m, 10m (optional)
--at <time>	Start time for stored timestamps (default: now)
--ids <ids>	Comma-separated IDs in push order: 2,1,3

All items are pushed immediately regardless of interval. The interval/jitter/at options only affect the push_at timestamps stored as metadata.

Queue examples

# Add a few commits to the queue
git add feature1.py
gitfc queue "add user authentication"

git add feature2.py
gitfc queue "add input validation" "-1h"

git add feature3.py
gitfc queue "add error handling" "-30m"

# Check what's queued
gitfc queue list

# Push everything now
gitfc queue run

# Push with stored timestamps spaced 30m apart (metadata only)
gitfc queue run 30m 5m

# Push in a specific order
gitfc queue run --ids 3,1,2

# Check queue status
gitfc queue status

Testing

The project includes unit tests for the queue module (53 tests covering all queue operations).

Setup

pip install pytest

Run

python3 -m pytest tests/ -v

Or add a test target via make:

make test

What's tested

Area	Tests
get_db_path / get_db	DB path resolution, schema creation, WAL mode
queue add	Success, amend, missing message, commit failure
queue list	Empty queue, message truncation, status ordering, relative time
queue remove	Success, not found, already pushed, failed items
queue clear	Force flag, confirmation prompt, pushed item preservation
process_due_items	Scheduling, jitter, branch mismatch, missing commit, push failure
queue run	Interval scheduling, jitter, --ids filter, --at flag, daemon mode
handle_queue	Dispatch, aliases (ls, rm), unknown action

Disclaimer: AI was used to generate a big part of this tool (and wrote all of the unit tests).