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rename-author.sh
# "borrowed" from https://stackoverflow.com/a/23564785/1879895
git filter-branch --commit-filter \
'if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "OldAuthor Name" ]; then \
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Author Name";\
export [email protected];\
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Commmiter Name";\
export [email protected];\
fi;\
git commit-tree "$@"'
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