git-reauthor

Change details about an author identity. Since this command rewrites the Git history, --force will be needed when pushing next time. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-reauthor>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/git-reauthor.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install git-extras
Ubuntu
apt-get install git-extras
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apt-get install git-extras
Fedora
dnf install git-extras
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git-extras
OS X
brew install git-extras
Raspbian
apt-get install git-extras

Change details about an author identity. Since this command rewrites the Git history, --force will be needed when pushing next time. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-reauthor>.

  • Change an author's email and name across the whole Git repository:
    git reauthor --old-email [email protected] --correct-email [email protected] --correct-name "name"
  • Change the email and name to the ones defined in the Git config:
    git reauthor --old-email [email protected] --use-config
  • Change the email and name of all commits, regardless of their original author:
    git reauthor --all --correct-email [email protected] --correct-name name

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