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git command line tips and tricks
#!/bin/sh
# Blame: [email protected]
# My version of github change git author script
# https://help.github.com/articles/changing-author-info/
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Usage: OLD_EMAIL CORRECT_NAME CORRECT_EMAIL"
echo "...and run from the toplevel."
exit 1
fi
git filter-branch --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="$1"
CORRECT_NAME="$2"
CORRECT_EMAIL="$3"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
' --tag-name-filter cat -- --branches --tags
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