#creating a tibble using data in 'commits'
tidy_commits = tibble(commitnames = commits) %>%
  hoist(commitnames,
        sha = "sha",
        metadata = "commit",
        stats = "stats",
        com_files = "files") %>%
  hoist(metadata,
        author = "author",
        message = "message") %>%
  hoist(author,
        name = "name",
        date = "date") %>%
  hoist(stats,
        total_changes = "total") %>%
  unnest_longer(com_files) %>%
  hoist(com_files,
        filename = "filename") %>%
  select(sha, name, total_changes, filename, message, date)