diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dcc9a90..f519ef1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ apikeys.ps1
 stackql
 stackql-zip
 test.py
-*.json
\ No newline at end of file
+*.json
+stackql-aws-cloud-shell.sh
+stackql-azure-cloud-shell.sh
+stackql-google-cloud-shell.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e09417e..8b224d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,4 +154,4 @@ docker compose down
 To remove the image locally run:
 ```bash 
 docker rmi stackql-jupyter-demo-jupyter:latest
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/notebooks/github/github.ipynb b/notebooks/github/github.ipynb
index ff9270f..9857672 100644
--- a/notebooks/github/github.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/github/github.ipynb
@@ -58,7 +58,57 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "# get commits by author"
+    "since = '2022-07-01T00:00:00Z'\n",
+    "until = '2023-06-30T23:59:59Z' "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "%%stackql\n",
+    "SELECT SUBSTR(DATE(JSON_EXTRACT(commit, '$$.author.date')),1,7) AS commit_month, count(*) AS num_commits\n",
+    "FROM  github.repos.commits \n",
+    "WHERE since = '$since' and until = '$until'\n",
+    "and owner = '$owner' AND repo = 'stackql'\n",
+    "GROUP BY commit_month"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import pandas as pd\n",
+    "pd.set_option('display.max_colwidth', None)\n"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "%%stackql\n",
+    "SELECT \n",
+    "DATETIME(JSON_EXTRACT(commit, '$$.author.date'), '+11 hours') as commit_date,\n",
+    "CASE strftime('%w', DATETIME(JSON_EXTRACT(commit, '$$.author.date'), '+11 hours'))\n",
+    "WHEN '0' THEN 'Sunday'\n",
+    "WHEN '1' THEN 'Monday'\n",
+    "WHEN '2' THEN 'Tuesday'\n",
+    "WHEN '3' THEN 'Wednesday'\n",
+    "WHEN '4' THEN 'Thursday'\n",
+    "WHEN '5' THEN 'Friday'\n",
+    "WHEN '6' THEN 'Saturday'\n",
+    "END AS day_of_week,\n",
+    "JSON_EXTRACT(commit, '$$.message') as commit_message\n",
+    "FROM  github.repos.commits \n",
+    "WHERE since = '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z' and until = '2023-01-31T23:59:59Z'\n",
+    "and owner = '$owner' AND repo = 'stackql'\n",
+    "ORDER BY commit_date ASC"
    ]
   }
  ],