How can I know the total number of commits done on a project through the GitHub web interface? How can I get the total number of commits in a specific time frame?
What I can get now is the number of commits done by each developer, not the total one.
Example: https://github.com/BVLC/caffe
As your tags and question line don't limit this to just the GitHub interface, you can get what you want from the command line:
$ git rev-list --count master --since=5.months
577
$ git rev-list --count master --since=4.months
524
As well as --since it supports --until to specify a full range.
Manual Reference.
See also, What date formats does git log accept for date parameters?
To get to the compare view, append /compare to your repository's path. Every repository's Compare view contains two drop down menus: base and compare
To compare the commits in timeframe you can do type the branch name in the compare dropdown, followed by a @, and then the date wrapped between a { } notation.
Here are two examples:
Source: https://help.github.com/articles/comparing-commits-across-time/
Commits Done Using GitHub Web Interface:
Commits are commits whether you do it from the git interface or web interface. I guess there is no way to identify it.
Commits done by each developer:
It is clearly mentioned in the link you provided:
Go to https://github.com/USER_NAME/REPOSITORY. In you case, you have to go to https://github.com/BVLC/caffe.
After visiting the above mentioned page, you can see the total number of commits. Refer the picture below:
