Git Privacy

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/