reset commit user/author in git history

.reset commit user(author) in git history

reset commit user(author) in git history

all-commits-in-one-go.md

reference: http://stackoverflow.com/a/750191

be careful if you have a multi-user repository - this will change ALL commits to have the same (new) author and committer.

#!/bin/sh

git filter-branch -f --env-filter "
    GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='loivis'
    GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='[email protected]'
    GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='loivis'
    GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='[email protected]'
  " HEAD

all-commits-with-specific-email.md

for all commits

reference: https://help.github.com/articles/changing-author-info/

1. update and run script

#!/bin/sh

git filter-branch --env-filter '

OLD_EMAIL="[email protected]"
CORRECT_NAME="Your Correct Name"
CORRECT_EMAIL="[email protected]"

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

git push --force --tags origin 'refs/heads/*'

2. review git history and push changes

git push --force --tags origin 'refs/heads/*'

last-commit.md

for the last commit

git config user.name "your name"
git config user.email "your email"
git commit --amend --reset-author