first-commit-date

Returns a JavaScript date object with the date and time of a git repository's first commit.

Install

Install with npm

$ npm i first-commit-date --save

Usage

var firstCommitDate = require('first-commit-date');

firstCommitDate(function(err, date) {
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  console.log('first commit!', date);
});
//=> first commit! Tue Nov 17 2015 13:29:18 GMT-0500 (EST)

API

Params

• cwd {String}: current working directory
• callback {Function}
• returns {Object}

Example

firstCommitDate('foo/.git', function(err, date) {
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  // do stuff with commit date
});

.sync

Synchronously get the first commit date from a git repository.

Params

• cwd {String}: current working directory
• returns {Object}

Example

var date = firstCommitDate.sync('foo/.git');

Related projects

• git-repo-name: Get the repository name from the git remote origin URL. | homepage
• git-user-name: Get a user's name from git config at the project or global scope, depending on… more | homepage
• git-username: Get the username from a git remote origin URL. | homepage
• github-base: Base methods for creating node.js apps that work with the GitHub API. | homepage

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

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