now creates issues if broken link is found
increase timeout to 120 for far away sites
use GET instead of HEAD, getting some false positives with HEAD
try to get rid of false positives with a GET
lookup original committer so they can be notified of the broken url
git log wasnt running in the right directory

apparently chdir only affects system() and not backticks
newline in commit hash prevented author login lookup
clean up and swapping out testing repo for real one
clean up