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Created January 5, 2020 01:31
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Bash script to replace email in git commit history
#!/bin/sh
git filter-branch -f --env-filter '
# Configuration values
OLD_EMAIL="<old_email_to_replace>"
CORRECT_NAME="pasdam"
CORRECT_EMAIL="pasdam@users.noreply.github.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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