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Mass Rewrite of existing commit, typically to switch users or email. ( filter-branch )
$ git filter-branch --env-filter '
WRONG_EMAIL="wrong@example.com"
NEW_NAME="New Name Value"
NEW_EMAIL="correct@example.com"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$WRONG_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$WRONG_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi
' --tag-name-filter cat -- --branches --tags
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