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Change pushed authors in git.
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change-git-author.sh
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="jasondevelop@outlook.com"
CORRECT_NAME="Jason Park"
CORRECT_EMAIL="enzinier@gmail.com"
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "$OLD_EMAIL" ]
then
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$CORRECT_NAME"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$CORRECT_EMAIL"
fi
' --tag-name-filter cat -- --branches --tags
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Run git push --force --tags origin HEAD:master after above script is run for overwrite master branch.

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