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Shell script to rewrite the author of git commits
#!/bin/sh
# $1: OLD EMAIL
# $2: CORRECT NAME
# $3: CORRECT EMAIL
git filter-branch --env-filter '
OLD_EMAIL="$1"
CORRECT_NAME="$2"
CORRECT_EMAIL="$3"
if [ "$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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