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Reset author on a range of existing commits in the Git commit history
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git-rebase-change-author.sh
# Rebase existing commit history and update the author information
# Useful when using multiple Git identities, work/community, etc.
# and the incorrect identity was used for a commit
# usually due to project `.git/config` not set to right identity
# Call script with relevant SHA (first 7 characters) of the earliest commit
# from where the author should be reset
# git-rebase-reset-author.sh abc4ef7
git rebase -i $1 -x "git commit --amend --reset-author -CHEAD"
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