Exclude package-lock.json from GitHub contribution activity

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 ha

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.