rewrite_commit_auth

 git filter-branch --commit-filter '
        if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME" = "convert-repo" ] || [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME" = "some_other_name" ];
        then
                GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Some Name Here";
                GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Some Name Here";
                GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="<[email protected]>";
                GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="<[email protected]>";
                git commit-tree "$@";
        else
                git commit-tree "$@";
        fi' HEAD;