Commit doesn't show up in profile on Drupal site I submitted my first, (and very small patch) here, by following the instructions here.

It looks like the patch worked, but when I look at the Commits tab of my profile, I don't see any entries.

When using Git, I created a new branch for the issue, made the changes, and then checked in. Should I have switched back to the dev branch and checked in?
Commits submitted in the issue queue are only counted when the maintainer accepts them and credits you with the patch.  Otherwise, people could just spam useless patches through drupal.org to increase their commit counts.