git reauthor
Change details about an author identity. Since this command rewrites the Git history, --force
will be needed when pushing next time.
Part of git-extras
.
More information: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-reauthor.
- Change an author's email and name across the whole Git repository:
git reauthor --old-email
old@example.com --correct-email
new@example.com --correct-name "
name"
- Change the email and name to the ones defined in the Git config:
git reauthor --old-email
old@example.com --use-config
- Change the email and name of all commits, regardless of their original author:
git reauthor --all --correct-email
name@example.com --correct-name
name