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TL;DR

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.

  • 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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