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Change git commit history - amend user name and email
git filter-branch --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="old@email.com"
NEW_NAME="New Name"
NEW_EMAIL="new@email.com"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$OLD_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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