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how to change committer name in git when commits were pushed with different name unintentionally
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rename-git-committer-name.sh
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="aaa@company.com"
CORRECT_NAME="bbb_name"
CORRECT_EMAIL="bbb@company.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
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