One of the best reasons to be confident BlackCoin will go up:
Go look at the githubs of most of these 'competing coins' and laugh. Usually they are like a barren wasteland. You can almost see the tumbleweeds rolling through.
What's the definition of "commit?"
Saved changes to the code.
That's what I thought. Sounds like something that can be abused.

This is how open source development works. The code isn't used by people right when it's saved on github - Github is the development platform, and once in a while new developments are bumped into a new wallet version. There are many, many eyes on Github ensuring good development - anyone can look at any part of the code.

Lots of commits are a very, very good thing. It means BlackCoin is much more than a simple clone - BlackCoin is working to advance the technology.