从GitHub贡献活动中排除package-lock.json

Question

Now that npm v5.0.0 is out, using npm packages auto-generates a package-lock.json on npm install . In my case, my package-lock.json file happens to be close to 10,000 lines of code.

Npm also suggests this file should be committed:

npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.

I don't want this file to be included in the line counts for the contribution activity on GitHub.

I've tried setting the files as vendored code in .gitattributes , but that only affects the repository language .

Is there a way to exclude a file from the contribution activity without adding it to .gitignore ?

Answer 1

One way to exclude a file from modifying a user's contribution activity is by associating the commit with a placeholder author. This can be done by providing an empty email field <> in the --author option.

The signature of the --author option: --author="NAME <EMAIL>"

git add package-lock.json
git commit -m 'initial commit' --author='nocontribute <>'

FOO_AUTHOR committed with REAL_AUTHOR x time ago.

Answer 2

Run

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.

Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.