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1. clone the official git repo

   git clone https://github.com/git/git.git git-raw

2. Change directory to the cloned repo cd git-raw

3. create a new directory where we can store the compiled git resources mkdir -p /home/$USER/bin/git

4. make sure that the file configure is executable

5. install git as non root user

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set git alias (windows cmd or linux bash)

git config --global --edit

In the "alias" section:

[alias]
       change-commits = "!f() { VAR=$1; OLD=$2; NEW=$3; shift 3; git filter-branch --env-filter \"if [ \\\"$`echo $VAR`\\\" = '$OLD' ]; then export $VAR='$NEW'; fi\" $@; }; f "