diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c3629e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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index 0000000..7eeff26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
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+var nodegit = require('nodegit')
+var path = require('path')
+
+nodegit.Repository.open(path.resolve(__dirname, './.git'))
+	.then(function(repo) {
+		return repo.getBranchCommit('prototype');
+	})
+	.then(function(first_commit) {
+		var history = first_commit.history(nodegit.Revwalk.SORT.Time);
+
+		history.on("commit", function(commit) {
+			console.log("commit " + commit.sha());
+      console.log("Author:", commit.author().name() +
+        " <" + commit.author().email() + ">");
+      console.log("Date:", commit.date());
+      console.log("\n    " + commit.message());
+
+      commit.getTree()
+      	.then(function (tree) {
+      		var entries = tree.entries();
+
+      		// look at diffs here -- as entries grows and does not specify the *specific* entries of this commit
+
+      		for(e in entries) {
+      			console.log(entries[e].path());	
+      		}
+      		
+      	});
+      
+		});
+
+		history.start();
+
+	})
+	.done();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "reckon",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Reckoning Histories of Computation",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/gauthiier/reckon.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "Arcades",
+    "Project"
+  ],
+  "author": "gauthiier",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/gauthiier/reckon/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/gauthiier/reckon",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "nodegit": "^0.4.0"
+  }
+}