re: What is the point of a silent commit?

There really is no point anymore. Even public commits have no meaning anymore. Its all a show and for us to talk about. Silents these days are reports drummed up by recruiting team sites to drum up clicks and traffic. University of Florida has had more silent commits in the past 10 years than any school in the country and they may be hitting on about a quarter of them. Their insiders have that market cornered and their fans fall for it hook line and sinker every year