Change git repo author info. change_git_commit_name.sh is derived from <https://help.github.com/articles/changing-author-info> and <https://gist.github.com/anonymous/2523336#file-gistfile1-sh> and changegitnames.sh is derived from <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/750172/how-do-i-change-the-author-of-a-commit-in-git>. With careful reading of g…

change_git_commit_name.sh

#!/bin/sh
 
git filter-branch --env-filter '
 
an="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
am="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
cn="$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"
cm="$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"
 
if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "your@email.to.match" ]
then
    cn="Your New Committer Name"
    cm="Your New Committer Email"
fi
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "your@email.to.match" ]
then
    an="Your New Author Name"
    am="Your New Author Email"
fi
 
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$an"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$am"
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$cn"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$cm"
'

changegitnames.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

git filter-branch --force --env-filter \ "
	if test "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"='NAME1' 
	then 
		GIT_NAME='NAME2'
		export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
	fi
	if test $GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='EMAIL1' 
	then 
		GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='EMAIL2' 
		export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
	fi 
	if test "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"='NAME1'
	then 
		GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='NAME2'
		export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
	fi
	if test "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"='NAME1'
	then 
		GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='NAME2'
		export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
	fi  " \
	-- --all