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Git Reset Author

Rewrite all commits with a new committer and author information.

Set desired committer/author information
git config user.name <username>
git config user.email <email>
Update all commits with desired committer/author information
git rebase -i --root --exec 'git commit --amend --reset-author --no-edit' # (1)

  1. Mark all commits as e or edit

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