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Git: reset author for ALL commits
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about.md

Git: reset author for ALL commits

#!/bin/sh

git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
CORRECT_NAME="zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
CORRECT_EMAIL="yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
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
'  HEAD

seen here: https://gist.github.com/bgromov/a1905055a8b9cdbeb1d2a87e70920cc8?permalink_comment_id=4222917#gistcomment-4222917

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git-reset-author.sh
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
CORRECT_NAME="zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
CORRECT_EMAIL="yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
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
' HEAD
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