Pico CTF

Time Machine

Description

What was I last working on? I remember writing a note to help me remember... You can download the challenge files here:

Hints

  1. The cat command will let you read a file, but that won't help you here!
  2. Read the chapter on Git from the picoPrimer here.
  3. When committing a file with git, a message can (and should) be included.

Solution

picoCTF{t1m3m@ch1n3_d3161c0f}

CLI

kappa@kappa-Aspire-Z5600:~/Desktop/Time Machine/drop-in$ ls
message.txt

kappa@kappa-Aspire-Z5600:~/Desktop/Time Machine/drop-in$ cat message.txt
This is what I was working on, but I'd need to look at my commit history to know why...
kappa@kappa-Aspire-Z5600:~/Desktop/Time Machine/drop-in$ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean

kappa@kappa-Aspire-Z5600:~/Desktop/Time Machine/drop-in$ git log
commit 3339c144a0c78dc2fbd3403d2fb37d3830be5d94 (HEAD -> master)
Author: picoCTF "ops@picoctf.com"
Date: Sat Mar 9 21:10:22 2024 +0000

picoCTF{t1m3m@ch1n3_d3161c0f}

kappa@kappa-Aspire-Z5600:~/Desktop/Time Machine/drop-in$