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It's funny but it doesn't actually work because the hash of the modified commit and all subsequent ones will necessarily change, right? So it would be very visible to everyone that a change has been made as it might break a lot of things to force-push an incompatible history of commit.


The following hashes do changes (you can see that on the gif on their readme). I think you're meant to force push after using the tool


> it doesn't actually work because the hash of the modified commit and all subsequent ones will necessarily change, right?

True, so it is just a joke.


Although your point is perfectly valid, I don't think the tool is intended for anything other than fun.




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