Replace Git Author Information

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Replace Git Author Information

This gist makes it extremely easy to replace git author information by rewriting your git commit history.

Note

We make use of the git-filter-repo dependency because git filter-branch has a plethora of pitfalls.

Warning

• Every commit made by $GIT_OLD_NAME will be replaced with $GIT_NEW_NAME.
• Every commit made by $GIT_OLD_EMAIL will be replaced with $GIT_NEW_EMAIL.

Caution

This is a destructive action! Git commit history will be permanently rewritten.

Install

Install the required dependecies:

apt install git-filter-repo

Create a file named replace-git-author-information.env with the contents:

GIT_CLONE_URL='https://code.neureka.dev/components/docker.git'
GIT_REPO_NAME=$(cut -d '.' -f1 <<< $(cut -d '/' -f5 <<< $GIT_CLONE_URL) )
GIT_OLD_NAME=''
GIT_OLD_EMAIL=''
GIT_NEW_NAME=''
GIT_NEW_EMAIL=''

Create a file named replace-git-author-information with the contents:

#!/bin/bash

if [ ! -f replace-git-author-information.env ]; then
  echo "[ERROR]: Please create a 'replace-git-author-information.env' file!"
  exit 1
fi

source replace-git-author-information.env

# TODO: Check Vars

cd /tmp

git clone "$GIT_CLONE_URL"
cd "$GIT_REPO_NAME"
git-filter-repo --name-callback "return name.replace(b'$GIT_OLD_NAME', b'$GIT_NEW_NAME')" --email-callback "return email.replace(b'$GIT_OLD_EMAIL', b'$GIT_NEW_EMAIL')"
git push --set-upstream "$GIT_CLONE_URL" main --force
cd -
rm -rf "$GIT_REPO_NAME"