fix: consolidation and using git to grab commit count

.gitea/workflows/update-readme.yaml

@@ -19,55 +19,27 @@ jobs:
           git fetch origin
           git rebase origin/${{ github.ref_name }}
 
-      - name: Fetch Commit Velocity
+      - name: Process Statistics and Update README
         run: |
-          SINCE_DATE="2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
-          PAGE=1
-          TOTAL_NAMES=0
+          HUMAN_COUNT=$(git rev-list --count --author="patrick" --since="2026-01-01" --all)
 
-          while true; do
-            echo "Requesting Page $PAGE..."
-            URL="http://gitea-http:3000/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/commits?since=${SINCE_DATE}&page=${PAGE}&limit=50"
+          echo "Local Git detected $HUMAN_COUNT commits by Patrick since Jan 1."
 
-            RESP=$(wget -qO- --header="Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" "$URL")
-
-            if [ "$RESP" = "[]" ] || [ -z "$RESP" ]; then
-              echo "Reached the end of history at page $PAGE."
-              break
-            fi
-
-            PAGE_NAMES=$(echo "$RESP" | grep -o "\"name\":\"patrick\"" | wc -l || echo 0)
-
-            echo "Page $PAGE: Found $PAGE_NAMES name matches."
-
-            TOTAL_NAMES=$((TOTAL_NAMES + PAGE_NAMES))
-            PAGE=$((PAGE + 1))
-
-            if [ "$PAGE" -gt 100 ]; then break; fi
-          done
-
-          RAW_COUNT=$((TOTAL_NAMES / 2))
-          echo "COMMIT_VELOCITY=$RAW_COUNT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "Final tally for Patrick: $RAW_COUNT"
-
-      - name: Update README
-        env:
-          LANG: en_US.UTF-8
-          LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
-        run: |
           LOC=$(grep '"total_code"' public/code-stats.json | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
           FORMATTED_LOC=$(printf "%'d" $LOC)
 
-          echo "Injecting $FORMATTED_LOC & $COMMIT_VELOCITY into README.template..."
+          echo "Injecting $FORMATTED_LOC LOC and $HUMAN_COUNT Commits into README..."
 
           sed "s/REPLACE_ME_LOC/$FORMATTED_LOC/g" README.template | \
-          sed "s/REPLACE_ME_COMMITS/$COMMIT_VELOCITY/g" > README.md
+          sed "s/REPLACE_ME_COMMITS/$HUMAN_COUNT/g" > README.md
 
           if [ ! -s README.md ]; then
             echo "Error: README.md is empty!"
             exit 1
           fi
 
+          echo "FORMATTED_LOC=$FORMATTED_LOC" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Commit and Push
         run: |
           git config user.name "Ares-Bot"