Changing author info (email and name) in Git repository

Changing author info (email and name) in Git repository.md

Change author info for all commits (sledgehammer approach)

Copy/paste into a command line:

git filter-branch --commit-filter '
  GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Your Name";
  GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Your Name";
  GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="your.email@example.com";
  GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="your.email@example.com";
  git commit-tree "$@";
' HEAD

Note: for more info and fine grane control check out Github's article: https://help.github.com/en/github/using-git/changing-author-info