Automate Activity on Github to look good to potential employers - github

Question

I want to automate daily activity on my github so that when a potential employer checks out my github they will see that I've been extremely active. Can anyone suggest the most simple way to do this that would look convicing?

Answer 1

One way you could achieve a daily automated GitHub update is to use the GitHub API to changes that are done automatically, either through a bash script, or some other way.
In a project, pick some files that will change all the time. That might be configuration file or just create a new file with something in it every day.
You can automate this part with a cron job. Make the cron job create/update a file every day at the same time.
Then using the GitHub v3 api, you can either create/update files and push them to your repo. Again, this can be part of your cron job.
By using this API, you'll get a commit from GitHub that should be reflected in your contributions chart on your profile.
If we see the response from GitHub, you should get something like this, which should count as a contribution.
{
"content": {
"name": "hello.txt",
"path": "notes/hello.txt",
"sha": "95b966ae1c166bd92f8ae7d1c313e738c731dfc3",
"size": 9,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/notes/hello.txt",
.
.
.
},
"commit": {
"sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
<more things>
"author": { <response here>
"committer": { <response here>
"message": "my commit message",
.
.
.
}