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Created November 20, 2011 01:44
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look through commits and replace old committer or author name with a new one
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
an="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
am="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
cn="$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"
cm="$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "old mail" ]
then
cn="new name"
cm="new mail"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "old mail" ]
then
an="new name"
am="new mail"
fi
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$an"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$am"
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$cn"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$cm"
'
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