Git - change author in commit history

instructions.md

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

Step 1

Open Terminal.

Step 2

Create a fresh, bare clone of your repository:

git clone --bare https://github.com/user/repo.git
cd repo.git

Step 3

Copy and paste the script, replacing the following variables based on the information you gathered:

• OLD_EMAIL
• CORRECT_NAME
• CORRECT_EMAIL

#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="your-old-email@example.com"
CORRECT_NAME="Your Correct Name"
CORRECT_EMAIL="your-correct-email@example.com"
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

Step 4

Press Enter to run the script.

Step 5

Review the new Git history for errors.

Step 6

Push the corrected history to GitHub:

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

Step 7

Clean up the temporary clone:

cd ..
rm -rf repo.git