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change author name and email for old commits
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# updated: i'm always fucked up with this command.
# from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/750172/how-do-i-change-the-author-of-a-commit-in-git
# or better, use this shell script from GitHub https://help.github.com/articles/changing-author-info
git filter-branch -f --env-filter "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='<newname>'; GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='<newemail>'; GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='<oldname>'; GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='<oldemail>';" HEAD
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