GitHub commits aren't recorded in the 'Your Contributions` calendar

Question

I\'ve been making continuous commits to my GitHub repos from my linux shell and they show up nicely on the website just as they should. The only problem is that \"Y

Answer 1

I had the same issue in Xcode 9 for iOS development.

In Github, I noticed a non-committer author.

Even though I made commits in Xcode. There was no contributions in the 'Your Contributions` Calendar.

Solution:

Change Committer Name and Email Globally
The email address used for the commits must be associated with your GitHub account.

In the Terminal:

$ git config --global user.name "Full Name"
$ git config --global user.email "fullname@gmail.com"

See also GitHub Help: Setting your commit email address in Git