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Git: reset author for ALL commits
#!/bin/sh
# Credits: http://stackoverflow.com/a/750191
git filter-branch -f --env-filter "
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='Newname'
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='new@email'
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='Newname'
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='new@email'
" HEAD
@KaduUlson
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Awesome! Thank you

@lucca-miorelli
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Thanks a lot.

@PipaStanislav
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Thanks

@INVISIBLE5130
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Thank you a lot!

@souravCoder1
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@bgromov , Newname is our github id or actual name?

both will work.

@smac89
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smac89 commented May 6, 2024

@biniama

git filter-repo solution:

git filter-repo --preserve-commit-hashes --name-callback "$(cat <<'EOF'
return b'<replace everything between the quotes with your name>'
EOF
)" --email-callback "$(cat <<'EOF'
return b'<replace everything between the quotes with your email>'
EOF
)"

If you had signed your commits before this, note that the above command will remove those signatures. For me, this answer was useful to resign all commits without loosing commit dates.

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